Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1861

Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1861 are listed in chronological order by month and day.

The war started when Confederate forces commanded by General P. G. T. Beauregard

P. G. T. Beauregard

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was a Louisiana-born American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Today he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used...

opened fire on the Union garrison of Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry coastal fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots initiating the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter.- Construction :...

in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; after a thirty-four hour bombardment, the Union garrison surrendered. There had been no casualties during the bombardment, but the following day, while Anderson was firing a fifty gun salute, there was an explosion, with one man killed and five wounded. United States president Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for the states to raise 75,000 volunteers for ninety days to suppress the South; in response to the proclamation, an additional four states seceded and joined the Confederacy, which also started raising troops.
In the Eastern Theater

Eastern Theater of the American Civil War

The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War included the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and the coastal fortifications and seaports of North Carolina...

, there were two major campaigns in Virginia. The first, the Western Virginia Campaign

Western Virginia Campaign

The Western Virginia Campaign occurred from May to December 1861 during the American Civil War. Union forces under Major General George B. McClellan invaded the western portion of Virginia; this area occupied by the Union later became the state of West Virginia...

which started in May, Union forces commanded by Major General George B. McClellan

George B. McClellan

George Brinton McClellan was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly as the general-in-chief of the Union Army. Early in the war, McClellan played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army for the Union...

invaded western Virginia and drove the Confederate forces from the area following a series of small skirmishes. Although these fights involved only a few hundred men on either side, the newspaper coverage of the campaign turned McClellan into a national hero. After McClellan was transferred to command the Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-History:The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861, but was then only the size of a corps . Its nucleus was called the Army of Northeastern Virginia, under Brig. Gen...

, Confederate General Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....

was assigned to drive the Union forces out of the state but failed to do so at Cheat Mountain

Battle of Cheat Mountain

The Battle of Cheat Mountain, also known as the Battle of Cheat Summit Fort, took place from September 12 to 15, 1861, in Pocahontas County and Randolph County, Virginia as part of the Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of the Civil War in which Robert...

and in the Kanawha Valley; Lee was subsequently transferred to other duties in November. The other major campaign ended with the First Battle of Bull Run

First Battle of Bull Run

First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas , was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the City of Manassas...

on July 17th, when Union forces commanded by Major General Irvin McDowell

Irvin McDowell

Irvin McDowell was a career American army officer. He is best known for his defeat in the First Battle of Bull Run, the first large-scale battle of the American Civil War.-Early life:...

attacked the Confederate Army of the Potomac; although initially successful, Confederate reinforcements from the Shenandoah Valley routed McDowell and forced him back to Washington, D.C. McDowell was replaced by McClellan, who renamed his force the Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

and spent the rest of the year training his men and stockpiling supplies, despite pressure from the Union government to launch an offensive as soon as possible. There were several minor skirmishes in Virginia during the remainder of the year, the most significant being the Battle of Ball's Bluff

Battle of Ball's Bluff

The Battle of Ball's Bluff, also known as the Battle of Harrison’s Island or the Battle of Leesburg, was fought on October 21, 1861, in Loudoun County, Virginia, as part of Union Maj. Gen. George B...

, due to the death of Colonel Edward Baker

Edward Dickinson Baker

Edward Dickinson Baker was an English-born American politician, lawyer, military leader. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator from Oregon. A long-time close friend of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Baker served as U.S...

, a senator from Oregon. Outrage in Congress over his death lead to the creation of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, which was used by the Radical Republicans in Congress in an attempt to prosecute the war according to their views.

In the Western Theater

Western Theater of the American Civil War

This article presents an overview of major military and naval operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.-Theater of operations:...

, there were several small skirmishes in the border state of Kentucky but no major battles. Kentucky, with divided sympathies, attempted to declare itself neutral; however, Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk

Leonidas Polk

Leonidas Polk was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who was once a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a second cousin of President James K. Polk...

sent a force to occupy Columbus, Kentucky, saying it was necessary for the defense of the Mississippi River. The Kentucky legislature then requested Union help in driving the Confederates out of the state, at which point both armies set up defensive positions all through the state. The governor and most of the legislature were Unionists, but a pro-Confederate state government, with some members of the legislature, was orgainzed in Russellville; both armies then began recuiting efforts. Along the Atlantic seacoast and Gulf coast

Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War

The Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military and naval operations that occurred near the coastal areas of the Southeastern United States as well as southern part of the Mississippi River...

, Union forces captured several coastal areas for use as naval ports for the Union blockade, including Port Royal, South Carolina and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

In the Trans-Mississippi Theater

Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War

The Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War was the major military and naval operations west of the Mississippi River. The area excluded the states and territories bordering the Pacific Ocean, which formed the Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War.The campaign classification...

, most of the fighting took place in Missouri between the pro-secessionist Missouri State Guard

Missouri State Guard

The Missouri State Guard was a state militia organized in the state of Missouri during the early days of the American Civil War. While not initially a formal part of the Confederate States Army, the State Guard fought alongside Confederate troops and, at times, under regular Confederate...

, commanded by Major General Sterling Price

Sterling Price

Sterling Price was a lawyer, planter, and politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, who served as the 11th Governor of the state from 1853 to 1857. He also served as a United States Army brigadier general during the Mexican-American War, and a Confederate Army major general in the American Civil...

, and the Union Department of the West

Department of the West

The Department of the West, later known as the Western Department, was a major command of the United States Army during the 19th century. It oversaw the military affairs in the country west of the Mississippi River to the borders of California and Oregon.-Organization:The Department was first...

. Union forces under the command of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon

Nathaniel Lyon

Nathaniel Lyon was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War and is noted for his actions in the state of Missouri at the beginning of the conflict....

drove the Missouri State Guard and the pro-seccessionist portion of the state government into the southwestern part of the state, where it united with the Confederate Western Army commanded by Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch

Benjamin McCulloch

Benjamin McCulloch was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, a Texas Ranger, a U.S. marshal, and a brigadier general in the army of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

. There, on August 10th in the Battle of Wilson's Creek

Battle of Wilson's Creek

The Battle of Wilson's Creek, also known as the Battle of Oak Hills, was fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri, between Union forces and the Missouri State Guard, early in the American Civil War. It was the first major battle of the war west of the Mississippi River and is sometimes...

, Lyon attacked the combined forces of Price and McCulloch and was defeated, with Lyon killed during the battle. McCulloch returned to Arkansas, while Price moved north, attempting to recapture the state from Union forces. Another Confederate offensive took place in the New Mexico Territory

New Mexico Territory

thumb|right|240px|Proposed boundaries for State of New Mexico, 1850The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of...

, were a Confederate cavalry battalion moved into the southwestern part of the territory and captured Fort Filmore

Battle of Mesilla

The First Battle of Mesilla, fought on July 25, 1861 at Mesilla in what is now New Mexico, was an engagement between Confederate and Union forces during the American Civil War. The battle resulted in a Confederate victory and led directly to the official establishing of a Confederate Arizona...

, forcing the surrender of the Union garrison. A seccesionist convention in Mesilla declared the southern portion of the territory to be the Confederate Territory of Arizona and raised several militia companies, which fought several skirmishes with both the Union forces remaining in the territory and the Apache tribes.

April

12th to 14th

Fort Sumter

Battle of Fort Sumter

The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the U.S. Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. On...

, South Carolina

Forces: Confederate artillery, Union garrison of Fort Sumter
Losses: Confederate 4, Union 11

15th

Evacuation of Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Losses: Union
Union (American Civil War)
During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty free states and five border slave states. It was opposed by 11 southern slave states that had declared a secession to join together to form the...

One soldier was killed and five others wounded by a premature explosion of a cannon in firing a salute to the United States flag.

19th

Riots in Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore riot of 1861

The Baltimore riot of 1861 was an incident that took place on April 19, 1861, in Baltimore, Maryland between Confederate sympathizers and members of the Massachusetts militia en route to Washington for Federal service...

Forces: 6th Massachusetts Infantry, 26th Pennsylvania Infantry
Losses: Union 4 killed, 30 wounded; Civilians 4 killed

May

10th

Camp Jackson, located just west of St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

Forces: Missouri State Guard
Missouri State Guard
The Missouri State Guard was a state militia organized in the state of Missouri during the early days of the American Civil War. While not initially a formal part of the Confederate States Army, the State Guard fought alongside Confederate troops and, at times, under regular Confederate...

, Union Department of the West
Department of the West
The Department of the West, later known as the Western Department, was a major command of the United States Army during the 19th century. It oversaw the military affairs in the country west of the Mississippi River to the borders of California and Oregon.-Organization:The Department was first...
Losses: Missouri State Guard 639 (all prisoners), Union none

Riots in St. Louis, Missouri

Forces: Union forces and pro-secessionist crowd
Losses: Union 4 killed, prisoners 3 killed, civilians 28 killed (unknown wounded)

18th to 19th

Sewell's Point

Battle of Sewell's Point

The Battle of Sewell's Point was an inconclusive exchange of cannon fire between the Union gunboat USS Monticello, supported by the USS Thomas Freeborn, and Confederate batteries on Sewell's Point that took place on May 18, 19 and 21, 1861, in Norfolk County, Virginia in the early days of the...

, Virginia

Forces: Confederate artillery, Union naval squadron
Losses: 10 total

29th to June 1st

Aquia Creek

Battle of Aquia Creek

The Battle of Aquia Creek was an exchange of cannon fire between Union Navy gunboats and Confederate shore batteries in Stafford County, Virginia which took place from May 29, 1861 to June 1, 1861 during the early days of the American Civil War...

, Virginia

Forces: Confederate artillery, Union naval squadron
Losses: 10 total

June

1st

Fairfax Court House, Virginia

Forces: units from Confederate Army of the Potomac and Union Department of Northeastern Virginia
Losses: Confederate 15, Union 5

3rd

Philippi, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate infantry, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 6, Union 5

10th

Big Bethel

Battle of Big Bethel

The Battle of Big Bethel, also known as the Battle of Bethel Church or Great Bethel was one of the earliest land battles of the American Civil War after the surrender of Fort Sumter...

, Virginia

Forces: Confederate and Union infantry
Losses: Confederate 8, Union 76

13th

Corrick's Ford

Battle of Corrick's Ford

The Battle of Corrick's Ford took place on July 13, 1861, on the Cheat River in western Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. By later standards the battle was a minor skirmish...

, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate Infantry, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 620, Union 10–53

15th

Hooe's Ferry (near Mathias Point), Virginia

Forces: Confederate Farmer's Fork Grays, Union schooner Christina Keen
Losses: none (Christina Keen captured and burned)

17th

Vienna, Virginia

Forces: Detachments from Confederate Army of the Potomac and Union Department of Northeastern Virginia
Losses: Confederate 6, Union 12

Boonville

Battle of Boonville

The First Battle of Boonville was a minor skirmish of the American Civil War, occurring on June 17, 1861, near Boonville in Cooper County, Missouri. Although casualties were extremely light, the battle's strategic impact was far greater than one might assume from its limited nature...

, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union Western Department
Losses: Missouri State Guard 70, Union 12

18th

Camp Cole

Battle of Cole Camp (1861)

The Battle of Cole Camp was a skirmish of the American Civil War, occurring on June 19, 1861, in Benton County, Missouri. The rebel victory assured an open line of march for the fleeing governor and Missouri State Guard away from Lyon's force in Boonville....

, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guards, Union Missouri Home Guards.
Losses: Missouri State Guard 32, Union 125

27th

Matthias' Point

Battle of Mathias Point

The Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia was an engagement between the Union gunboats USS Thomas Freeborn and USS Reliance, together with a landing party of about 36 Union sailors or marines, and Confederate States Army defenders at Mathias Point on the Potomac River in King George County, Virginia,...

, Virginia

Forces: Confederate garrison, Union gunboats Pawnee and Freeborn.
Losses: Confederate none, Union 1 killed, 4 wounded

July

2nd

Hoke's Run

Battle of Hoke's Run

The Battle of Hoke's Run, also known as the Battle of Falling Waters or Hainesville, took place on July 2, 1861, in Berkeley County, Virginia as part of the Manassas Campaign of the American Civil War....

, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate Army of the Shenandoah, Union Army of the Shenandoah
Losses: Confederate 25, Union 73

5th

Carthage

Battle of Carthage (1861)

-References:* Lee, Guy Carlton, and Francis Newtun Thorpe, editors. The History of North America. Philadelphia: George Barrie and Sons, 1905.* Monhegan, Jay. Civil War on the Western Border: 1854-1865. Boston: Little, Brown, 1956.*...

, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union Department of the West
Department of the West
The Department of the West, later known as the Western Department, was a major command of the United States Army during the 19th century. It oversaw the military affairs in the country west of the Mississippi River to the borders of California and Oregon.-Organization:The Department was first...
Losses: Missouri State Guard 74, Union 44

Neosho, Missouri

Forces: Confederate cavalry, Union detachment of 3rd Missouri Infantry
Losses: Confederate none, Union 137 (captured)

8th

Laurel Hill or Bealington, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate Army of the Northwest, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate unknown, Union 8

11th

Rich Mountain

Battle of Rich Mountain

The Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in Randolph County, Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.-Background:...

, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate infantry, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 88, Union 74

12th

Barboursville or Red House, Virginia

Forces: Confederate infantry, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: unknown

Beverly, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate Army of the Northwest, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 553 (prisoners), Union none

14th

Corrick's Ford

Battle of Corrick's Ford

, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate infantry, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 620, Union 10-53

17th

Scarrytown, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate Army of the Kanawha
Army of the Kanawha
The Army of the Kanawha was a small Confederate army early in the American Civil War.Confederate units in the vital Kanawha River valley of western Virginia were styled the "Army of the Kanawha" after they were put under the command of former Virginia governor Henry A. Wise on June 6, 1861....

, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate unknown, Union 47

Bunker Hill, Virginia

Forces: Confederate Army of the Shenandoah, Union Army of the Shenandoah
Losses: unknown

18th

Blackburn's Ford, Virginia

Forces: Confederate Army of the Potomac, Union Department of Northeast Virginia
Losses: Confederate 70, Union 83

21st

Manassas

First Battle of Bull Run

First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas , was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the City of Manassas...

, Virginia

Forces: Confederate Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, Union Department of Northeast Virginia
Losses: Confederate 1,897, Union 2,708

22nd

Forsyth, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union Department of the West
Losses: Missouri State Guard 15, Union 3

26th

Mesilla

Battle of Mesilla

, New Mexico Territory

Forces: Confederate battalion from 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles, Union Southern Military District, Department of New Mexico
Department of New Mexico
The Department of New Mexico was a department of the United States Army during the mid-19th century. At first a part of the Department of the West, it was created as an independent department following the breakup of that Division into various departments during the Civil War...
Losses: Confederate none, Union 9

27th

Fort Fillmore, New Mexico

Forces: Confederate battalion from 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles, Union Southern Military District, Department of New Mexico
Losses: Confederate none, Union 500 (surrendered)

August

2nd

Dug Springs, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union Department of the West
Losses: Missouri State Guard 6, Union 10

3rd

Curran Post Office, Missouri

Forces: Confederate Western Army, Union Department of the West
Losses: unknown

5th

Athens, Missouri

Battle of Athens (1861)

The Battle of Athens was an American Civil War skirmish that took place in northeast Missouri in 1861 near present Revere and southeast Iowa along the Des Moines River across from Croton...

Forces: Confederate Missouri State Guard, Union Home Guards and 21st Missouri Infantry
Losses: Confederate 28, Union 11

7th

Hampton, Virginia

Forces: Confederate cavalry, 20th New York.
Losses: Confederate nine, Union unknown

8th

Lovettsville, Virginia

Forces: Confederate and Union forces
Losses: Confederate six, Union unknown

10th

Wilson's Creek

Battle of Wilson's Creek

, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guard and Confederate Department No. 2, Union Department of the West
Losses: Confederate 464, Missouri State Guard 758, Union 1,317

Potosi, Missouri

Forces: Confederate cavalry, Union Missouri Home Guards.
Losses: Confederate five, Union five

17th

Palmyra, Missouri

Forces: Confederate and Union forces
Losses: unknown

25th

Mason's Hill, Virginia

Forces: detachments from Confederate Army of the Potomac and Union Department of the Potomac
Losses: unknown

26th

Kessler's Cross Lanes

Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes

The Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes, also known as the Battle of Cross Lanes, took place on August 26, 1861 in Nicholas County, Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War....

, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate infantry, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 40, Union 132

28th to 29th

Hatteras Inlet

Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries

The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, sometimes known as the Battle of Forts Hatteras and Clark, was a small but significant engagement in the early days of the American Civil War. Two Confederate forts on the North Carolina Outer Banks were subjected to an amphibious assault by Union forces that...

, North Carolina

Forces: Confederate garrison of Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark, Union North Carolina Expedition
Losses: Confederate 670, Union 3

29th

Lexington, Missouri

Forces: Confederate cavalry, Union Missouri Home Guards.
Losses: unknown

31st

Munson's Hill, Virginia

Forces: Confederate detachment, Department of Northern Virginia, Union detachment, Army of the Potomac.
Losses: Confederate unknown, Union five

September

2nd

Dry Wood Creek

Battle of Dry Wood Creek

The Battle of Dry Wood Creek was fought on September 2, 1861 in Vernon County, Missouri during the American Civil War...

, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union Department of the West
Losses: Missouri State Guard unknown, Union 14

3rd

Bailey's Cross Roads, Virginia

Forces: detachments of Confederate Army of the Potomac and Union Department of the Potomac
Losses: Confederate none, Union 8

10th

Carnifax Ferry

Battle of Carnifex Ferry

The Battle of Carnifex Ferry took place on September 10, 1861, in Nicholas County, Virginia , as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. The battle resulted in a Union victory that contributed to the eventual Confederate withdrawal from western Virginia...

, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate infantry, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 32, Union 158

11th

Lewinsville, Virginia

Forces: detachments of Confederate Army of the Potomac and Union Department of the Potomac
Losses: Confederate none, Union 18

12th to 15th

Cheat Mountain

Battle of Cheat Mountain

, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate infantry, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 100, Union 71

13th to 20th

Lexington

Battle of Lexington I

The First Battle of Lexington also known as the Battle of the Hemp Bales, was an engagement of the American Civil War, occurring from September 13 to September 20, 1861, between the Union Army and the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, in Lexington, the county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri...

, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union garrison of Lexington, Missouri
Losses: Missouri State Guard 100, Union 3,500

17th

Liberty

Battle of Liberty

The Battle of Liberty was a battle of the American Civil War that took place on 17 September 1861, in Clay County, Missouri...

, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union 3rd Iowa Infantry
Losses: Missouri State Guard 70, Union 56

19th

Barbourville

Battle of Barbourville

The Battle of Barbourville was one of the early engagements of the American Civil War. It occurred September 19, 1861, in Knox County, Kentucky during the campaign known as the Kentucky Confederate Offensive...

, Kentucky

Forces: Confederate Department No. 2, Union Kentucky home guard
Losses: Confederate 5, Union 15

21st

Fredericktown

Battle of Fredericktown

The Battle of Fredericktown was an engagement of the American Civil War. It took place on October 21, 1861, in Madison County, Missouri. Union victory consolidated their control of southeastern Missouri.-Background:...

, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union Department of the West
Losses: Missouri State Guard 62, Union unknown

25th

Springfield, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union Department of the West
Losses: Missouri State Guard 133, Union 85

Alamosa, New Mexico Territory

Forces: Confederate cavalry, Union Department of New Mexico
Losses: Confederate none, Union ten

26th

Hunter's Farm, Missouri

Forces: Confederate Missouri State Guard, Union Department of the West
Losses: Confederate 22, Union unknown

27th

near Fort Craig, New Mexico Territory

Forces: Confederate and Union cavalry
Losses: Confederate ten, Union ten

Pinos Altos, New Mexico Territory

Forces: Confederate Arizona Guards and civilians, Chiricahua, Minibreno, and allied Apaches
Losses: Confederate and civilians 12, Apaches 30

October

3rd

Greenbrier River

Battle of Greenbrier River

The Battle of Greenbrier River, also known as the Battle of Camp Bartow, took place on October 3, 1861 in Pocahontas County, Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War....

, West Virginia

Forces: Confederate infantry, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 52, Union 43

9th

Santa Rosa Island

Battle of Santa Rosa Island

The Battle of Santa Rosa Island was an unsuccessful Confederate attempt to take Union-held Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.- Background :...

, Florida

Forces: Confederate brigade, Union garrison of Fort Pickens
Losses: Confederate 87, Union 67

12th

Head of the Passes

Battle of the Head of Passes

The Battle of the Head of Passes was a bloodless naval battle of the American Civil War. It was a naval raid made by the Confederate river defense fleet, also known as the “mosquito fleet” in the local media, on ships of the Union Blockade squadron anchored at the Head of Passes...

, Louisiana

Forces: Confederate naval squadron, Union detachment of West Gulf Blockading Squadron
Losses: none (one Confederate and three Union ships damaged)

17th to 21st

Fredericktown and Ironton, Missouri

Battle of Fredericktown

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union garrison
Losses: Missouri State Guard 62, Union unknown

21st

Ball's Bluff

Battle of Ball's Bluff

, Virginia

Forces: Confederate Army of the Potomac, Union Army of the Potomac
Losses: Confederate 149, Union 1,000

Camp Wildcat

Battle of Camp Wildcat

The Battle of Camp Wildcat was one of the early engagements of the American Civil War. It occurred October 21, 1861, in northern Laurel County, Kentucky during the campaign known as the Kentucky Confederate Offensive...

, Kentucky

Forces: Confederate Department No. 2, Union Army of the Ohio
Army of the Ohio
The Army of the Ohio was the name of two Union armies in the American Civil War. The first army became the Army of the Cumberland and the second army was created in 1863.-History:...
Losses: Confederate 53, Union 43

Fredericktown, Missouri

Forces: Confederate Missouri State Guard, Union Department of the West
Losses: Confederate 62, Union unknown

25th

Springfield, Missouri

Battle of Springfield I

The First Battle of Springfield or Zagonyi's Charge was a battle of the American Civil War that occurred on October 25, 1861, in Greene County, Missouri. It was the only Union victory in southwestern Missouri in 1861.- Prelude :...

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union infantry
Losses: Missouri State Guard 133, Union 85

November

3rd to 7th

Port Royal

Battle of Port Royal

The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861...

, South Carolina

Forces: Confederate Department of South Carolina, Union South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Losses: Confederate 40, Union 31

7th

Belmont

Battle of Belmont

The Battle of Belmont was fought on November 7, 1861, in Mississippi County, Missouri. It was the first combat test in the American Civil War for Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the future Union Army general in chief and eventual U.S...

, Missouri

Forces: Confederate Department No. 2, Union Department of the West
Losses: Confederate 641, Union 607

8th to 9th

Ivy Mountain

Battle of Ivy Mountain

The Battle of Ivy Mountain, also known as Ivy Creek or Ivy Narrows, was an early battle of the American Civil War, fought in Floyd County, Kentucky, on November 8 and November 9, 1861....

, Kentucky

Forces: Confederate Department No. 2, Union Army of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 263, Union 30

17th

Rowlett's Station Kentucky

Forces: Confederate Department No. 2, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 91, Union 40

19th

Round Mountain

Battle of Round Mountain

The Battle of Round Mountain No primary source documents report the engagement as having occurred at a place named "Round Mountains". The name originates from a single writer who noticed a curl at the end of Mountain on the report and changed 'mountain' to its plural...

, Oklahoma

Forces: Confederate and Union Indians
Losses: Confederate 10, Union unknown

26th

Hunter's Mills, Virginia

Forces: Confederate Department of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac
Losses: unknown

December

9th

Chusto-Talasah

Battle of Chusto-Talasah

The Battle of Chusto-Talasah was fought December 9, 1861, in what is now Tulsa County, Oklahoma during the American Civil War....

, Oklahoma

Forces: Confederate and Union Indians
Losses: Confederate 52, Union 412

13th

Camp Allegheny, West Virginia

'Forces: Confederate infantry, Union Department of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 146, Union 137

17th

Rowlett's Station

Battle of Rowlett's Station

The Battle of Rowlett's Station was a land battle in the American Civil War, fought in the whistle-stop station of Rowlett's in Hart County, Kentucky, on December 17, 1861...

, Kentucky

Forces: Confederate Department No. 2, Union Army of the Ohio
Losses: Confederate 91, Union 40

20th

Dranesville

Battle of Dranesville

The Battle of Dranesville was a small battle during the American Civil War that took place between Confederate forces under General J.E.B. Stuart and Union forces under General Edward O.C. Ord on December 20, 1861, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as part of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's operations...

, Virginia

Forces: Confederate cavalry from Army of the Potomac, Union detachment from Army of the Potomac
Losses: Confederate 230, Union 71

26th

Chustenahlah

Battle of Chustenahlah

The Battle of Chustenahlah was fought in Osage County, Oklahoma, on December 26, 1861, during the American Civil War. A band of 9,000 pro-Union Native Americans was forced to flee to Kansas in bitter cold and snow in what became known as the Trail of Blood on the Ice.Confederate troops had...

, Oklahoma

Forces: Confederate and Union Indians
Losses: Confederate 40, Union 211

28th

Mount Zion Church

Battle of Mount Zion Church

The Battle of Mount Zion Church was a battle of the American Civil War, which occurred on December 28, 1861, in Boone County, southeast of Hallsville, Missouri...

, Missouri

Forces: Missouri State Guard, Union Department of the West
Losses: Missouri State Guard 210, Union 72

Sacramento, Kentucky

Forces: Confederate and Union cavalry
Losses: Confederate 5, Union 23

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External links

Civil War Reference

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