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19th century

1801 to 1812

• 1801 -
  • Battle of Aboukir 20 March - British-Turkish army under Sir Ralph Abernathy defeats French Army of Egypt under Jacques de Menou
  • Battle of Copenhagen 2 April - Nelson defeats Danish fleet
  • First Battle of Algeciras 6 July - English naval defeat by French
  • Second Battle of Algeciras 12 July - English naval victory over French, Spanish
• 1803 -
  • Battle of Delhi 16 September - British forces under Gerard Lake defeat Maratha forces led by French officer Louis Bourquien
  • Battle of Assaye 23 September - English under Wellesley defeat Marathas under Doulut Rao Sindhia in Deccan
  • Battle of Laswari 1 November - Lake defeats Marathas near Agra
  • Battle of Vertières 18 November - Haitians defeat French in last battle of war of independence.
  • Battle of Argaon 28 November - Wellesley defeats Sindhia
• 1804 -
  • Battle of Tripoli Harbor (October 1803 - September 1804) - Indecisive battle between United States and Barbary Pirates.
  • Battle of Sitka 1 October - Russian forces defeat the Tlingit in the last major armed conflict between Europeans and Alaska Natives.
  • Battle of Farrukhabad 17 November - Lake defeats Maratha forces of Jaswant Rao Holkar
• 1805 -
  • Battle of Derne (27 April - 13 May) - United States victory during First Barbary War.
  • Battle of Elchingen 14 October - Marshal Michel Ney defeats small Austrian force.
  • Battle of Ulm - 16 October - 19 October - Napoleon forces surrender of Austrian army under Baron von Leiberich
  • Battle of Trafalgar 21 October - Horatio Nelson defeats Villeneuve, signals "England expects every man to do his duty", Nelson killed
  • Battle of Caldiero 30 October - French forces under Masséna defeat Austrians in Italy under Archduke Charles of Austria
  • Battle of Austerlitz 2 December - Napoleon defeats combined Austrian and Russian forces
• 1806 -
  • Massacre of Lauria - 7-8 August - French troops under Massena besiege and destroy Lauria, southern Italy
  • Battles of Jena and Auerstedt - 14 October - Davout, Napoleon defeat Prussians in separate battles
  • Battle of Pultusk 26 December - indecisive battle between Napoleon and Russians
• 1807 -
  • Battle of Eylau 8 February - Napoleon fights a hard-won bloodbath with Russians, first major check of the Grand Armee.
  • Battle of the Dardanelles 10 May-11 - Turkish fleet fails to break the Russian blockade of Istanbul
  • Battle of Heilsberg 10 June - Napoleon repulses Russian attack
  • Battle of Friedland 14 June - Napoleon decisively defeats Russians under Bennigsen
  • Battle of Athos 19 June - 29 June - Russian fleet under Admiral Seniavin defeats Turks in Aegean
  • Second Battle of Copenhagen 2 September-7 - British land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and Gen. Cathcart capture Danish fleet
• 1808 -
  • Battle of Zealand Point 22 March - Britain defeats Denmark and Norway.
  • Battle of Siikajoki 18 April - Georg Carl von Döbeln halts Russian advance during Finnish War.
  • Battle of Revolax 27 April - Swedish force defeats Russians camped in Finnish town
  • Battle of Pulkkila 2 May - Swedish force annihilates Russian force in Finland
  • Battle of El Bruc (June) - French forces torch buildings after previous attempt foiled by ambush.
  • Battle of Lapua 14 July - Swedish victory during Finnish War.
  • Battle of Medina del Rio Seco 14 July - French victory during Peninsular War.
  • Battle of Bailén 18 July - 22 July - Gen. Dupont surrenders to Spanish rebel forces
  • Battle of Kauhajoki 10 August - von Döbeln defeats the Russians.
  • Siege of Saragossa (15 June - 13 August) - Unsuccessful French attempt to capture Zaragoza, Spain.
  • Battle of Roliça 17 August - British victory during Peninsular War.
  • Battle of Vimeiro 21 August - English, Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley defeat French under Junot
  • Battle of Jutas 13 September - Swedes under von Döbeln intercept and defeat Russians.
  • Battle of Oravais 14 September - Russian forces overwhelm Swedish army.
  • Battle of Virta bro 27 October - Swedish victory following a month long cease-fire.
  • Battle of Pancorbo 31 October - Indecisive battle between French and Spanish.
  • Battle of Valmaceda 5 November - Minor Spanish victory.
  • Battle of Burgos 7 November - French victory during Peninsular war.
  • Moonlight Raid 10 November - Swedish force under Gen. Sandels engage Russians near Virtabro in middle of night
  • Battle of Espinosa (10 November - 11 November) - French victory, Spanish forces escape.
  • Battle of Tudela 23 November - Marshal Jean Lannes defeats General Francisco Castaños during Peninsular War.
  • Battle of Somosierra 30 November - Napoleon defeats Benito de San Juan.
• 1809 -
  • Battle of Corunna 16 January - French defeat Sir John Moore in Peninsular War
  • Battle of Ciudad-Real 27 March - French forces under General Sabastiani defeat a Spanish army commanded by General Cartojal.
  • First Battle of Porto 28 March - French forces under Marshal Soult capture the city of Oporto from the Portuguese.
  • Battle of Sacile 16 April - French forces under Eugene de Beauharnais defeated in Italy by Austrians under Archduke John
  • Battle of Raszyn 19 April - Duchy of Warsaw defeats Austria.
  • Battle of Abensberg 19 April - 20 April - Napoleon defeats Austrians in Germany under Archduke Charles
  • Battle of Landshut 21 April - Marshal Masséna unable to destroy Austrian left wing under Johann Hiller
  • Battle of Eckmühl 22 April - Napoleon defeats Archduke Charles, forcing him to withdraw from Bavaria
  • Battle of Ratisbon 23 April - Archduke Charles makes good retreat in successful rearguard action
  • Second Battle of Porto 12 May - Wellesley defeats Marshal Soult, drives French from city
  • Battle of Aspern-Essling 21 May-22 - Napoleon's first attempt to cross Danube near Vienna results in serious check by Austrians under Archduke Charles
  • Battle of Alcañiz 23 May - Spanish defeat French.
  • Battle of Wagram 5 July-6 - Napoleon defeats Austrians of Archduke Charles of Austria at great cost, ending war
  • Battle of Talavera 28 July - Wellesley defeats forces of Gen. Victor, King Joseph Bonaparte in Spain; made Viscount Wellington
  • Battle of Ratan and Sävar 17 August-22 - Gen. Wachtmeister engage Russians near Umeå
  • Battle of Tamames 18 October - Spanish repel Marhsal Ney's forces.
  • Battle of Ocana 19 November - Spanish forces under Areizago crushed by French forces of King Joseph, Marshal Soult
• 1810 -
  • Battle of Batin 17 August - Russians capture large Turkish force during the Russo-Turkish War of 1810 - 1811.
  • Battle of Buçaco (or Busaco) 27 September - Wellington repulses attacks from Masséna, withdraws into Lines of Torres Vedras
  • Battle of Fuengirola 15 October - Polish defeat British and Spanish during Peninsular War.
• 1811 -
  • Battle of the Bridge of Calderón 17 January - Spanish victory against a large Mexican force
  • Battle of Barrosa 5 March - Minor British victory during Peninsular War.
  • Battle of Lissa 13 March - British fleet defeats French fleet.
  • Battle of Anholt 27 March - British naval victory over Denmark and Norway.
  • Battle of Fuentes de Onoro 5 May - Wellington, Masséna fight drawn battle
  • Battle of Albuera 16 May - British under Gen. Beresford defeat Marshal Soult
  • Battle of Tippecanoe 7 November - William Henry Harrison (US) defeats Tecumseh and Shawnee
  • Battle of Tarifa
  • Battle of Yanbu (end of 1811) - Muhammed Ali forces landed in Yanbu starting Ottoman-Saudi War
• 1812 -
  • Battle of Al-Safra January - Muhammed Ali forces met Saudi Al-Kabeer forces near Medina
  • Battle of Badajoz (16 March - 6 April) - British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during Peninsular War.
  • Battle of Ostrowo 12 July - Indecisive French victory; Russian strategic success
  • Battle of Lyngør 12 July - British victory, Danish-Norwegian frigate sunk.
  • First Battle of Sackett's Harbor 19 July - US turns back British naval attack
  • Battle of Salamanca 22 July - Wellington defeats French under Marmont. French evacuate Madrid, but soon return
  • Battle of Klyastitsy (30 July –­ 1 August) - Minor Russian victory over French corps
  • Battle of Maguaga 9 August - Both armies withdraw from War of 1812 battle.
  • Battle of Fort Dearborn 15 August - Fort burned by Indians
  • Siege of Detroit 15 August - 16 August - American forces, under General William Hull, surrender to British, under Sir Isaac Brock and Chief Tecumseh during War of 1812.
  • Battle of Smolensk 16 August-17 - Russians under Peter Bagration, de Tolley defeated and retreat
  • First battle of Polotsk (17 August - 18) - indecisive battle betwwen Russian and French corps
  • Battle of Valutino 19 August - Marginal French victory; successful Russian retreat
  • Battle of Fort Harrison (4 September - 5) - 10 healthy American soldiers repel attack by four tribes.
  • Siege of Fort Wayne (5 September - 12) - Americans repel Miamis and Potawatomis.
  • Battle of Borodino 7 September - Kutuzov retreats after bloody battle. Napoleon enters Moscow
  • Battle of Queenston Heights 13 October - US forces under Rensselaer defeated in attempt to capture town by British under Sir Isaac Brock, who is killed
  • Battle of Tarutino 18 October - Russian victory over Murat's corps
  • Second Battle of Polotsk (18 October - 20) - Russian victory over Saint-Cyr's Franco-Bavarian force.
  • Battle of Maloyaroslavets 24 October - Russians under Docturov defeat French, forcing northern retreat
  • Capture of HMS Macedonian 25 October - Decatur's USS United States captures HMS Macedonian
  • Battle of Czasniki 31 October - Russians defeat French army, commanded by Marshal Victor.
  • Battle of Aslanduz 31 October - Russians defeat Persian army of Abbas Mirza.
  • Battle of Medina (1812) November - Muhammad Ali of Egypt returned Medina from Saudis
  • Battle of Vyazma 3 November - Russians defeat French indecisively
  • Battle of Smoliani (13 November - 14) - Russian victory over French forces of Victor and Oudinot
  • Battle of Krasnoi 15 November-18 - Partial Russian victory. Napoleon drives off Russian forces attempting to block retreat. Heroism of Marshal Michel Ney
  • First Battle of Lacolle Mills 20 November - British and Mohawks defeat Americans
  • Battle of the Beresina 26 November-29 - French successfully cross river with huge losses, despite being nearly surrounded by two Russian armies, ending retreat from Russia
  • Battle of the Mississinewa (17 December-18) - United States forces defeat Miami tribe.'

1813 to 1825

• 1813 -
  • Battle of Jeddah 7 January - Tusun Pasha and his father returned Jeddah from Saudis
  • Battle of Frenchtown 22 January - British Gen. Proctor defeats Kentucky militia.
  • Battle of Mecca - Tusun Pasha and his father returned Mecca .
  • Battle of Ogdensburg 22 February - British victory after attacking against orders.
  • Battle of Mobile 15 April - James Wilkinson captures Spanish
  • Battle of York 27 April - Dearborn and Chauncey capture British garrison, recklessly loot and burn capital (now Toronto)
  • Battle of Lützen 2 May - Napoleon defeats Russo-Prussian army of Wittgenstein
  • Siege of Fort Meigs 1 May - 9 - Effective stalemate during War of 1812.
  • Battle of Bautzen 20 May-21 - Napoleon defeats Wittgenstein, who is only able to escape due to Ney's incompetence
  • Battle of Fort George 27 May - Lt. Col. Winfield Scott captures British fort
  • Second Battle of Sackett's Harbor 28 May-29 - US Gen. Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost
  • Battle of Boston Harbor 1 June - HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake with ease
  • Battle of Stoney Creek 6 June - British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat US force three times its size under William Winder, John Chandler
  • Battle of Vittoria 21 June - Wellington defeats French under Joseph, forced to withdraw towards France
  • Battle of Craney Island 22 June - British attack on Norfolk foiled.
  • Battle of Sorauren 26 July-1 August - Wellington defeats Soult, who withdraws across Pyrenees
  • Battle of Burnt Corn 27 July - American forces disperse a raiding party of Creek Indians
  • Battle of Fort Stephenson 2 August - British attack on American fort fails.
  • Battle of St. Michaels 10 August - George Cockburn defeated.
  • Battle of Grossbeeren 23 August - Allies win series of three actions during War of the Sixth Coalition.
  • Battle of Katzbach 26 August - von Blucher defeats Marshal MacDonald.
  • Battle of Dresden 26 August-27 - Napoleon's last major victory on German soil, over main Allied army of Prince Schwarzenberg
  • Battle of Kulm 29 August-30 - Marshal Vandamme defeated, captured by Allied forces
  • Battle of Dennewitz 6 September - Bernadotte, Bülow defeat Ney
  • Battle of Lake Erie 10 September - Perry's fleet defeats British, Perry says "We have met the enemy and they are ours"
  • Battle of the Thames 5 October - US troops under Harrison defeat British, Indians under Gen. Henry Proctor; Tecumseh killed
  • Battle of Leipzig 16 October-19 October - (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon suffers his greatest defeat ever in the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars
  • Battle of Chateauguay 25 October - several hundred Canadian militia turn back Wade Hampton's advance on Montreal; the American army withdraws from Canada
  • Battle of Hanau 30 October-31 - Austro-Bavarian army under Prince Wrede unable to cut off French retreat
  • Battle of Tallushatchee 3 November - US forces under Andrew Jackson defeat Creek
  • Battle of Talladega 9 November - Jackson defeats Creek
  • Battle of Crysler's Farm 11 November - US forces under James Wilkinson defeated by much smaller British force under J.W. Morrison
  • Battle of Bari
• 1814 -
  • Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek - twin indecisive battles during Creek War.
  • Battle of Brienne 29 January - Napoleon defeats Blücher's Prussians
  • Battle of La Rothiere 1 February - French under Napoleon manage to hold back an overwhelming force of Prussians until nightfall, where then they withdraw from the field.
  • Battle of Champaubert 10 February - Napoleon defeats Blücher
  • Battle of Montmirail 11 February - Napoleon defeats Blücher
  • Battle of Chateau Thierry 12 February - Napoleon defeats Blücher
  • Battle of Vauchamps 14 February - Napoleon defeats a much smaller force of Russians
  • Battle of Montereau 18 February - Napoleon defeats Schwarzenberg
  • Battle of Bar-sur-Aube 27 February - Schwarzenberg defeats Marshal Macdonald
  • Battle of Orthez 27 February - Wellington defeats French under Soult near Bayonne
  • Battle of Longwoods 4 March - American victory during War of 1812.
  • Battle of Craonne 7 March - Napoleon defeats Blücher
  • Battle of Laon 9 March-10 - Blücher defeats Napoleon
  • Battle of Reims 13 March - Napoleon defeats isolated Prussian corps
  • Battle of Arcis sur Aube 20 March-21 - Schwarzenberg defeats Napoleon
  • Battle of La Fere Chanpenoise 25 March - Schwarzenberg defeats corps of Marmont, Mortier
  • Battle of Horseshoe Bend 27 March - Jackson decisively defeats Creek
  • Battle of Montmartre 30 March - Allied forces enter Paris, force surrender of Marmont, Mortier. Napoleon abdicates soon after; goes to Elba
  • Second Battle of Lacolle Mills 30 March - US forces under Wilkinson defeated by British in attempt to invade Canada via Niagara. Wilkinson relieved, replaced by Jacob Brown, with assistance of Winfield Scott
  • Battle of Toulouse 10 April - Wellington defeats Soult, forced to abandon city. Fighting on southern front comes to end soon after, with news of Napoleon's abdication
  • Battle of Big Sandy Creek 30 May - US forces surprise the British in Upstate New York, capturing 6 ships and 143 prisoners
  • Battle of Chippawa 5 July - US forces invade Canada under Brown, Scott defeat British under Phineas Riall
  • Battle of Lundy's Lane 25 July - Brown's Americans take on British under Sir Gordon Drummond in violent indecisive battle. US forces withdraw from Canada due to heavy losses giving argument for British victory.
  • Battle of Mackinac Island (26 July - 4 August) - Unsuccessful American attempt to capture Fort Mackinac.
  • Battle of Bladensburg 24 August - British forces rout Americans in Maryland, battle witnessed by President Madison. British move on to burn Washington in retribution for the burning of York (Toronto). American government barely escapes the city as Congress and the Whitehouse are torched.
  • Battle of Lake Champlain and Battle of Plattsburg 11 September - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie. Same day, US land forces under Prevost fight indecisive battle with Americans under Alexander Macomb
  • Battle of North Point 12 September - Land Battle complement of Battle for Ft. McHenry (part of the Battle of Baltimore).
  • Battle of Ft. McHenry 13 September - Fort protecting Baltimore harbor holds out against British bombardment, inspiring Francis Scott Key's "Star Spangled Banner" (part of the Battle of Baltimore).
  • Battle of Cook's Mills 19 October - Indecisive battle in Canada during War of 1812.
  • Siege of Fort Erie (4 August - 5 November) - Americans repel British attempt to retake fort.
  • Battle of Pensacola (7 November - 9 November) - Andrew Jackson wins pyrrhic victory.
• 1815 -
  • Battle of New Orleans 8 January - Jackson defeats British army of Pakenham, as news of Treaty of Ghent signed in December, not yet arrived
  • Battle of Fort Bowyer 11 February - Jackson loses fort after boasting that ten thousand men could not take it.
  • Battle of Tolentino 2 May - Joachim Murat, King of Naples, declares for Napoleon in Hundred Days, defeated by Austrians, forced to flee kingdom
  • Battle of Quatre Bras 16 June - Ney fights indecisive battle against Wellington
  • Battle of Ligny 16 June - Napoleon defeats Prussians under Blücher
  • Battle of Waterloo 18 June - The Clash of the Titans: Emperor Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington square off in the final battle of the Napoleonic Wars. A "Damn near-run thing", with the Prussians and British just barely suppressing the final fight of the French Military Machine.
  • Battle of Wavre 18 June - Marshal Grouchy, assigned to prevent Blücher from joining Wellington, fights mildly successful battle against Blücher's rearguard
• 1816 -
  • Bombardment of Algiers - 27 August - UK and Dutch ships attack Barbary pirates.
• 1817 -
  • Battle of Chacabuco 12 February - Chilean rebels defeat Spanish.
  • Nejd Expedition (1817 - 1818) - Ibrahim Pasha has cuptured several Nejdi villages
  • Battle of Mahidpur 21 December - British forces under Sir Thomas Hyslop defeat Marathas under Holkar
• 1818 -
  • Second Battle of Cancha Rayada 16 March - Spanish forces defeat Chileans under San Martin.
  • Battle of Maipú 5 April - Chile free from Spain
  • Nejd Expedition - Ibrahim Pasha cuptured Riyadh
  • Battle of Diriyah 9 September - Ibrahim Pasha captured and destroyed Diriyah ending the First Saudi State
• 1819 -
  • Battle of Boyacá 7 August - Known in Colombia as Battle of Boyacá Bridge. (Batalla del puente de Boyacá) Simon Bolivar and his brigadier generals Francisco de Paula Santander and Jose Antonio Anzoátegui defeat and capture royalist Colonel Jose Maria Barreiro in the battle sealing the independence of Nueva Granada, now Colombia.
• 1821 -
  • Battle of Rieti 7 March - Austrian forces defeat Neapolitan rebels against King Ferdinand I
  • Battle of Novara 8 April - Austrian and Sardinian troops defeat Piedmontese revolutionaries
  • Battle of Carabobo 24 June - Simón Bolívar defeats Spanish army, ensuring Venezuelan independence.
• 1822 -
  • Battle of Pichincha 24 May - Sucre defeats Spaniards near Quito
  • Battle of Chios 18 June-19 June - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
  • Battle at Dervenakia 26 July - Greek revolutionaries under Theodoros Kolokotronis, Papaflessas and Nikitaras crush Dramali Pasha's Ottoman army.
  • Battle of Karpenizi 8 August - Greek troops under Marco Bozzaris defeat Turkish force under Mustai Pasha heading to reinforce Turkish troops besieging Messolonghi
• 1825 -
  • Battle of Danubyu 2 April - British forces under Sir Archibald Campbell defeat Burmese under Maha Bandula, who is killed
  • Battle of Prome 30 November-2 December - Campbell defeats Burmese, led by Maha Nenyo, who is killed

1826 to 1850

• 1826 Battle of Ganja - Russia defeats Persian invaders
• 1827 Battle of Monte Santiago - A naval division of the Brazilian Imperial Navy is attacked by Argentine vessels. The battle ended with the destruction of the attacking forces.
  • 1827 Battle of Ituzaingó or Passo do Rosário 27 February - A Brazilian Army under Marquis of Barbacena met in combat an Argentine/Uruguayan Army led by General Carlos Maria Alvear (part of the Argentina-Brazil War).
  • 1827 Battle of Phaleron 24 April - Greek setback in the Greek War of Independence
  • Battle of Navarino 20 October - Joint British, French, Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, destroy Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha off Greek coast
• 1828 -
  • Battle of Akhalzic 27 August - Russian troops under Paskievich defeat Turks in Caucasus
  • Battle of Praia Bay 28 August - Miguelite fleet in Portugal defeated by loyalists of Queen Maria in Azores
• 1829 Battle of Kulevicha 11 June - Russian troops under Hans Karl von Diebitsch defeat Ottoman Turkey under Reshid Pasha in Balkans
• 1831 -
  • Battle of Debre Abbay 14 February - Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis.
  • Battle of Stoczek 14 February - Polish victory during November Uprising.
  • Battle of Białołęka 24 February - Polish counterattack succeeds, forcing Russian attack to be moved up one day.
  • Battle of Olszynka Grochowska 25 February - marginal Polish victory during November Uprising.
  • Battle of Iganie 8 March - Poland defeats Russia.
  • Battle of Ostroleka 26 May - Russians under Diebitsch fight indecisive battle against Poles of Jan Skrzynecki
  • Battle of Warsaw 6 September-8 - Russians under Paskievich defeat Poles under Dembinski and stamp out revolt
• 1832 -
  • Indian Creek Massacre 20 May - Settlers killed by Indians in Illinois.
  • Battle of the Kellogg's Grove 16 July - U.S. forces defeat Sauk.
  • Battle of Bad Axe 2 August - Illinois militia massacres Black Hawk's Saux and Fox
  • Battle of Konya 21 December - Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat main Turkish army of Reshid Pasha in Anatolia
• 1833 Battle of Cape St. Vincent 5 July - British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
• 1834 Battle of Santarén 16 May - Portuguese forces loyal to Queen Maria II (led by her father, Don Pedro) defeat forces of usurper Don Miguel
• 1835 -
  • Battle of Gonzales 2 October - Mexicans withdraw during Texas Revolution.
  • Battle of Concepcion 28 October - Texans defeat Mexicans under Martin Perfecto de Cós.
  • Grass Fight 26 November - Texans, thinking a Mexican pack train is carrying silver, capture it but only end up with grass.
  • Siege of Bexar (12 October - 11 December) Texans successfully besiege and defeat Mexicans.
  • Dade Battle 23 December 108 American troops were ambushed by about 180 Seminole Indians. Colonel Dade, who was on horseback, was the first to be killed. Only three American purportedly survived the attack. Two of these survivors died shortly after.
• 1836 -
  • Battle of San Patricio 27 February - Texan expedition into Mexico thwarted.
  • Battle of the Alamo (23 February - 6 March) - General Santa Anna defeats Texans. Wm. Travis and Davy Crockett killed in siege.
  • Battle of Refugio (12 March - 15 March) - Infighting amongst Texans leads to defeat.
  • Battle of Coleto 19 March - Col. James Fannin and Texans defeated and captured by Mexicans of General Jose de Urrea. Later massacred by Santa Anna.
  • Battle of San Jacinto 21 April - Texans capture Santa Anna
  • Battle of Terapegui 26 April - Spanish constitutionalist forces loyal to Queen Isabella, supported by French Foreign Legion, defeat Carlists near Pamplona
• 1837 -
  • Battle of Huesca 24 March - Constitutionalists win decisive victory over Carlists in Spain
  • Battle of Saint-Denis 23 November - Canadian rebels under Wolfred Nelson defeat British.
  • Battle of St. Charles 25 November - British defeat Canadian rebels.
  • Confrontation at Montgomery's Tavern 7 December - Battle near tavern sparks the Upper Canada Rebellion.
  • Battle of Saint-Eustache 14 December - British capture and ransack village.
  • Battle of Lake Okeechobee 25 December - US forces under Zachary Taylor defeat Seminoles
• 1838 -
  • Battle of Beauharnois 10 November - Revolt in Canada put down.
  • Battle of the Windmill (12 November - 16 November) - British forces defeat Canadian rebels.
  • Battle of Blood River 16 December - Voortrekker force under Andries Pretorius defeat Zulu force under King Dingane in Natal
• 1839 Battle of Nezib 24 June - Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat Turks under Hafiz Pasha (assisted by Prussian Captain Helmuth von Moltke)
• 1840 Battle of Magango January - Boer forces defeat Zulu King Dingane
• 1841 Battle of Canton 24 May - British amphibious assault captures city
• 1842 -
  • Battle of Debre Tabor 7 February - Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
  • Battle of Kabul 6 January - Afghan forces force British to withdraw from city, which they had occupied for two and a half years
• 1843 -
  • Battle of Smala 10 May - French forces under Duc d'Aumale defeat Algerians under Abd el Kader
  • Battle of Miani 17 February - British forces under Sir Charles Napier defeat the Baluch forces of the Talpurs in Sind
  • Battle of Hyderabad March - Napier defeats Baluchis in Sind
• 1844 Battle of Isly 14 August - French forces under Marshal Bugeaud rout Abd el Kader
• 1845 -
  • Battle of Ohaeawai - British Army attacks Māori Pa, but fortifications too strong
  • Battle of Mudki 18 December - Sikh forces invading British India defeated by force under Sir Hugh Gough
  • Battle of Ferozeshah 21 December-22 - British forces under Gough and Hardinge, Governor-General, defeat Sikhs under Lal Singh in hard-fought battle
• 1846 -
  • Battle of Aliwal 28 January - Sikh forces under Runjoor Singh defeated by British under Sir Harry Smith
  • Battle of Sobraon 10 February - British forces under Gough decisively defeat Sikhs, and Punjab becomes British protectorate
  • Siege of Fort Texas (3 May - 9 May) - Mexican siege on U.S. fort unsuccessful.
  • Battle of Palo Alto 8 May - US Gen. Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans under Mariano Arista
  • Battle of Resaca de la Palma 9 May - Taylor attacks Arista's retreating Mexicans
  • Siege of Los Angeles 13 August - US Marines briefly capture Los Angeles, but are driven out by Californio forces, led by José Mariá Flores.
  • Battle of Santa Fe 15 August Kearney occupies Santa Fe
  • Battle of Monterrey (20 September - 24 September) - Mexicans under Pedro de Ampudia defeated by Taylor's US forces in hard-fought battle
  • Battle of Dominguez Rancho - 9 October Jose Antonio Carrillo leads Californio forces in victory against 350 US Marines and sailors near Los Angeles.
  • First Battle of Tabasco (24 October - 26 October) - Commodore Matthew C. Perry fights inconclusive battle with Mexicans under Juan B. Traconis.
  • Battle of San Pasqual 6 December - US Cavalry General Stephen Kearny's dragoons are defeated by Californio forces, led by Andrés Pico near San Diego.
• 1847 -
  • Battle of Rio San Gabriel 8 January - Kearny's 600 man army defeats the 160 man Californio force near Los Angeles.
  • Battle of La Mesa 9 January - Kearny, Stockton and Fremont's combined US forces, defeat the Californio's in the climactic battle for California.
  • Battle of the Sacramento 28 February - US forces under Alexander Doniphan defeat Mexican force near Chihuahua
  • Battle of Buena Vista 22 February-23 - Taylor's outnumbered men trounce Santa Anna's Mexicans
  • Battle of Vera Cruz (9 March - 29 March) - Scott takes port city
  • Battle of Cerro Gordo 18 April - Scott defeats Santa Anna
  • Battle of Tuxpan 18 April - Perry defeats Cos.
  • Second Battle of Tabasco (15 June - 16 June) - Commodore Perry captures
  • Battle of Iloha 18 June - Dejazmach Kassa (the future Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia) defeats and captures Empress Menen Liben Amede and her husband, the Emperor Yohannes III.
  • Battle of Contreras 19 August - 20 August - Scott's forces storm Mexican position defending Mexico City
  • Battle of Churubusco 20 August - Another US force storms other main Mexican position defending capital
  • Battle of Molino del Rey 8 September - Scott defeats Mexican force defending fortification in hard-fought battle
  • Battle of Chapultepec 12 September - Scott takes fortified hill by storm in climactic battle of war
  • Siege of Puebla (14 September - 12 October) - Puebla taken by Winfield Scott.
  • Battle of Huamantla 9 October - U.S. victory, end of Santa Anna's military career.
• 1848 -
  • Battle of Dabarki March - Dejazmach Kassa assaults an Egyptian fortified camp deep inside of Sudan and suffers massive losses. One of the few defeats experienced by the future Emperor.
  • Battle of Custoza 24 July-25 - Austrian forces under Marshal Radetzky defeat Sardinians under King Charles Albert
  • Battle of Boomplaats 29 August - British forces under Sir Harry Smith defeat Boers under Pretorius in Orange River area
  • Battle of Pákozd 29 September - Hungarian forces defeat Austrian army of Count Jellachich
  • Battle of Schwechat 30 October - Hungary
  • Battle of Ramnagar 22 November - British forces under Gough repulsed by Sikhs under Shere Singh in Punjab
  • Battle of Mór 30 December - Hungary - Alfred, Prince of Windisch-Graetz defeats a Hungarian detachment under Mór Perczel
• 1849 -
  • Battle of Chilianwala 13 January - British forces under Gough fight another indecisive battle with Sikhs, resulting in Gough's dismissal
  • Siege of Multan 22 January - British forces capture fortress in Punjab.
  • Battle of Gujarat 21 February - Gough, before getting word of dismissal, crushes Sikhs, Punjab annexed.
  • Battle of Kápolna 26 February-27 - Hungarian forces under Henry Dembinski defeated by Austrians under the Prince of Windisch-Graetz
  • Battle of Novara 23 March - Radetzky defeats Charles Albert, forcing Piedmontese to make peace
  • Ten Days of Brescia - 23 March to 1 April - Popular riot against the Austrian garrisons
  • Battle of Isaszeg (or Gödöllö) 6 April - Hungarian forces hold off Austrians
  • Battle of Segesvár 31 July - Hungarian forces under Józef Bem defeated by Russians, Austrians under general Luders and general Dick
  • Battle of Temesvár 9 Aug - Austrian forces under Haynau defeat Hungarians under Artúr Görgey, Bem in final battle of war
  • Battle of Chillanwalla - British defeat Sikhs

1851 to 1875

• 1852 -
  • Battle of Monte Caseros 3 February - A coalition of the Argentine Provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, allied with Brazilian and Uruguayan troops (27,000 men) defeats Buenos Aires forces (22,000 men) under Juan Manuel Rosas, presidente of Argentina.
  • Battle of Gur Amba 27 September - The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats and kills the vassal of the current ruler of Ethiopia, Ras Ali II.
• 1853 -
  • Battle of Takusa 12 April - The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats an allied army from the provinces of Tigray, Wollo, Yejju, and Gojjam led by Dejazmach Birru Aligaz of Yejju. Dejazmach Biru is killed.
  • Battle of Ayshal 29 June - The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats Ras Ali II; considered the end of the Zemene Mesafint ("Era of Princes") in Ethiopia.
  • Battle of Oltenitza 4 November - Russians defeated by Turks (Crimean War)
• 1854 -
  • Battle of Citate 6 January - Turks defeat Russians during the Crimean War
  • Battle of Alma - British and French defeat Russians in Crimean War.
  • Battle of Amba Jebelli - The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats Birru Goshu of Gojjam.
  • Battle of Balaclava 25 October - Charge of the Light Brigade on Crimea under Cardigan
  • Battle of Inkermann 5 November - Allies get another victory
  • Siege of Sevastopol (17 October–11 September 1855) Allies capture the city.
• 1855 -
  • Battle of Derasge - 9 February - Tewodros II defeats Dejasmach Wube, deposing the last rival warlord of the Zemene Mesafint ("Era of Princes").
  • Battle of Eupatoria - 17 February - Allies win naval battle.
  • Battle of Chernaya River 16 August - Piedmont aids British in defeat of Russia
  • Siege of Kars (June - November) - Russians defeat Turks.
• 1856 -
  • First Battle of Seattle (1856) - 26 January - Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers.
  • Battle of Santa Rosa 20 March - Costa Rican troops rout Walker's soldiers
  • Battle of Rivas 11 April - Central American coalition defeats filibuster William Walker
• 1857 -
  • Siege of Cawnpore June - British troops and civilians besieged and later betrayed and murdered during the Indian Mutiny
  • Battle of Chinhat 29 June - British troops retreat to Lucknow during Indian Mutiny
  • Battle of Aong 15 July - British forces under General Henry Havelock capture Cawnpore, India.
  • Siege of Lucknow (July - November) - Lucknow besieged by rebels, relieved, besieged again, and relieved for a second time.
• 1859 -
  • Battle of Montebello 20 May - Austrians are defeated despite superior numbers.
  • Battle of Varese 26 May - Piedmontese defeat Austrians in the Austro-Sardinian War.
  • Battle of Palestro 30 May - Franco-Piedmontese victory over Austria.
  • Battle of Magenta 4 June - Austria withdraws from Italy
  • Battle of Solferino 24 June - Both sides suffer in Austria. Started the birth of the Red Cross.
• 1860 -
  • Battle of Calatafimi - 15 May - Garibaldi's victory against Neapolitan troops.
  • Battle of Milazzo - 25 June - Garibaldi's victory against Neapolitan troops.
  • Battle of Castelfidardo - 18 September - Italian victory over the French Army defending the Papal States.
  • Battle of the Volturnus 1 October - Sicilians are defeated by the Piedmontese
  • Siege of Gaeta (5 November - 13 February 1861) - Francis II of the Two Sicilies is sieged by the Piedmontese.
• 1861 -
  • Battle of Fort Sumter 12 April - P.G.T. Beauregard fires on Fort - first important battle of American Civil War
  • Battle of Sewell's Point (18 May - 19 May) - Union gunboats fight inconclusive battle with Confederate artillery.
  • Battle of Aquia Creek (29 May - 1 June) - Confederate artillery hit by naval bombardment, later withdrawn.
  • Battle of Philippi Races 3 June - Union troops under McClellan defeats rebels
  • Battle of Big Bethel 10 June - Union attack on Confederate positions near a church repelled.
  • Battle of Boonville 17 June - Union forces defeat pro-Confederate governor's Missouri State Guard.
  • Battle of Hoke's Run 2 July - Robert Patterson defeats Confederate force but fails to capitalize on his victory.
  • Battle of Carthage 5 July - Confederate victory in Missouri during U.S. Civil War.
  • Battle of Rich Mountain 11 July - Confederate force split in half mid-battle; one half surrenders, the other escapes.
  • Battle of Blackburn's Ford 18 July - Irvin McDowell defeated in recon-in-force against Confederate forces at Manassas.
  • Battle of 1st Bull Run, or 1st Manassas 21 July - Union under McDowell lose to Confederates under J.E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, Jackson anointed Stonewall
  • Battle of Athens - 5 August - Union victory in small skirmish in Northeast Missouri
  • Battle of Wilson's Creek 10 August - Union forces lose
  • Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes 26 August - Confederates surprise and defeat Union forces.
  • Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries (28 August - 29 August) - Union forces capture two North Carolina forts.
  • Battle of Dry Wood Creek 2 September - Union cavalry from Kansas defeated by Missouri State Guard.
  • Battle of Carnifex Ferry 10 September - Confederates withdraw by night after several hours of fighting.
  • Battle of Cheat Mountain (12 September - 15 September) - 300 Union troops withstand uncoordinated Confederate attacks.
  • First Battle of Lexington (13 September - 20 September) - Union forces badly defeated by Missouri State Guard.
  • Battle of Liberty 17 September - Minor Missouri State Guard victory.
  • Battle of Greenbrier River 3 October - Confederates withdraw after inconclusive battle.
  • Battle of Santa Rosa Island 9 October - Union forces capture island.
  • Battle of Ball's Bluff 21 October - 1900 Union soldiers die
  • Battle of Fredericktown 21 October - Missouri State Guard defeated.
  • First Battle of Springfield 25 October - Union forces capture town.
  • Battle of Belmont 9 November - Grant captures and destroys Confederate supplies near Cairo, Illinois
  • Battle of Round Mountain 19 November - Confederate forces defeat Opothleyahola near present-day Stillwater.
  • Battle of Chusto-Talasah 9 December - Opothleyahola defeated near present-day Tulsa.
  • Battle of Camp Alleghany 13 December - Confederates withstand Union attack.
  • Battle of Dranesville 20 December - Union defeats Confederate forces under J.E.B. Stuart.
  • Battle of Chustenahlah 26 December - Opothleyahola defeated, flees to Kansas.
  • Battle of Mount Zion Church 28 December - Union victory in Northeastern Missouri.
• 1862 -
  • Battle of Cockpit Point 3 January - Inconclusive Civil War battle in Virginia.
  • Battle of Hancock - (5 January - 6 January) - Unsuccessful Confederate attack on Maryland town.
  • Battle of Roan's Tan Yard 8 January - Confederates routed.
  • Battle of Middle Creek 10 January - Union forces under James A. Garfield defeat Confederates under Humphrey Marshall.
  • Battle of Mill Springs 19 January - Union victory, Felix Zollicoffer killed.
  • Battle of Fort Henry 6 February - Ulysses S. Grant and gunboats under Andrew Hull Foote take fort and gain control of Tennessee River
  • Battle of Roanoke Island (7 February - 8 February) - Union forces under Ambrose E. Burnside capture island.
  • Battle of Elizabeth City 10 February - Destruction of the Mosquito Fleet.
  • Battle of Fort Donelson (11 February - 16 February) - Grant takes fort, accepts surrender of Confederate army, and gains control of Cumberland River
  • Battle of Valverde (20 February - 21 February) - Union forces routed in New Mexico Territory.
  • Battle of Pea Ridge 7 March - Missouri saved for Union
  • Battle of Hampton Roads 9 March - Monitor defeats Merrimac
  • Battle of New Bern 14 March - Union troops disembark from ships and capture town.
  • First Battle of Kernstown 23 March - Union forces defeat Confederates under "Stonewall" Jackson.
  • Battle of Glorieta (26 March - [[28 March) - Union forces outmaneuver Confederates near Santa Fe.
  • Battle of Shiloh (6 April - 7 April) - Ulysses S. Grant attacked by Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard, defeats them
  • Battle of Island Number Ten (28 February - 8 April) - Union victory by Pope
  • Battle of Ft. Pulaski 10 April - 11 April - Union takes fort
  • Battle of Peralta 15 April - Union forces defeat the 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers.
  • Battle of South Mills 19 April - Confederates thwart attempt to destroy a canal.
  • Battle of Fort Macon (23 March - 26 April) Confederate fort surrenders after Union artillery bombardment.
  • Battle of New Orleans (25 April - 1 May) - Union forces capture city.
  • Battle of Yorktown (5 April - 4 May) - Union troops win skirmish near site of decisive Revolutionary War battle.
  • Battle of Puebla 5 May - Cinco de Mayo - Mexicans defeat French
  • Battle of Williamsburg - McClellan and Longstreet fight inconclusive battle.
  • Battle of Eltham's Landing 7 May - Inconclusive Civil War battle in Virginia.
  • Battle of McDowell (8 May - 9 May) - Stonewall Jackson's Confederates defeat Union forces.
  • Battle of Drewry's Bluff 15 May - Union naval attack repelled by Confederate artillery.
  • Battle of Whitney's Lane 19 May - Union campaign towards Little Rock, Arkansas halted
  • Battle of Front Royal 23 May - Stonewall Jackson forces Union retreat by threatening the rear of the Union force.
  • First Battle of Winchester 25 May - Stonewall Jackson defeats Nathaniel P. Banks.
  • Battle of Hanover Courthouse 27 May - Union victory during U.S. Civil War.
  • Siege of Corinth 29 April - 30 May - Union forces capture town, Beauregard tricks Union in order to escape to Tupelo.
  • Battle of Seven Pines 31 May - J.E. Johnston attacks Union forces, wounded, inconclusive
  • Battle of Tranter's Creek 5 June - Confederate forces retreat after Colonel Singletary is killed.
  • Battle of Memphis 6 June - Union forces capture the city.
  • First Battle of Chatanooga (7 June - 8 June) - Union forces bombard the town.
  • Battle of Cross Keys 8 June - John C. Fremont defeated by elements of Stonewall Jackson's force.
  • Battle of Port Republic 9 June - Costly victory for Stonewall Jackson.
  • Battle of Secessionville 16 June - Union fails to take town, Union commander later court-martialed for disobeying orders.
  • Battle of Saint Charles 17 June - The USS Mound City is hit by Confederate shore gun and explodes.
  • Battle of Oak Grove 25 June - Indecisive battle between McClellan and Lee.
  • Battle of Beaver Dam Creek 26 June - Robert E. Lee defeated.
  • Battle of Gaines' Mill 27 June - Lee defeats McClellan.
  • Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm (27 June - 28 June) - Indecisive battle between Lee and McClellan.
  • Battle of Savage's Station 29 June - Union forces withdraw
  • Battle of White Oak Swamp 30 June - Indecisive artillery duel during U.S. Civil War.
  • Battle of Glendale 30 June - McClellan retreats from Lee's Confederates.
  • Battle of Tampa (30 June - 1 July) - Union gunboat attacks, but later withdraws.
  • Battle of Malvern Hill 1 July - McClellan defeats Lee but withdraws after battle.
  • Battle of Hill's Plantation 7 July - Union victory in Arkansas.
  • First Battle of Murfreesboro 13 July - Confederate victory during American Civil War.
  • Battle of Baton Rouge 5 August
  • Battle of Kirksville (6 August - 9 August) - Union forces capture town.
  • Battle of Cedar Mountain 9 August - Union forces repelled by Confederate counter-attack.
  • First Battle of Independence 11 August - Confederate victory near Kansas City.
  • Battle of Lone Jack (15 August - 16 August) - Confederate victory, Union commander killed. Rebels forced to withdraw after battle.
  • Battle of Fort Ridgely (21 August - 22 August) - Failed Santee Sioux attack on Union controlled fort.
  • First Battle of Rappahannock Station (22 August - 25 August) - Union supplies destroyed during skirmish.
  • Battle of Bull Run Bridge - Confederates capture and destroy Manassas Station.
  • Battle of Thoroughfare Gap 28 August - Longstreet defeats small union force.
  • Battle of Aspromonte 29 August - Italian royal forces defeat rebels
  • Battle of 2nd Bull Run, or Second Manassas 30 August - Jackson, Lee, and Longstreet destroys Pope's Army of Northern Virginia
  • Battle of Richmond (Kentucky) - 30 August - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union army under Gen. William Nelson
  • Battle of Chantilly 1 September - Union forces escape from nearly being cut off, Philip Kearny is killed.
  • Battle of Mile Hill 2 September - Confederates clear Leesburg of Federal forces.
  • Battle of South Mountain 14 September - McClellan defeats Lee.
  • Battle of Harpers Ferry (12 September - 15 September) - Stonewall Jackson captures Union garrison.
  • Battle of Antietam 17 September - McClellan ends Lee's invasion of North, bloodiest day of war
  • Battle of Munfordville (17 September - 18 September) - Union force surrenders.
  • Battle of Iuka 19 September - Grant is victorious near Mississippi town.
  • Battle of Shepherdstown (19 September - 20 September) - Confederate brigades counterattack and defeat pursuing Union brigades.
  • First Battle of Newtonia 30 September - Union forces panic under bombardment from Confederate artillery.
  • Second Battle of Corinth (3 October - 4 October) - Confederate attack fails.
  • Battle of Hatchie's Bridge 5 October - Confederate force under Earl Van Dorn escapes across river.
  • Battle of Perryville 8 October - Buell v. Bragg, indecisive
  • Battle of Clark's Mill 7 November - Union force surrenders to larger Confederate force.
  • Battle of Cane Hill 28 November - Small Confederate force delays Union while larger force escapes.
  • Battle of Prairie Grove 7 December - Union secures NW Arkansas
  • Battle of Hartsville 7 December - Disguised in Union uniforms, Confederates infiltrate and defeat Union forces.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg 13 December - Lee routs Burnside
  • Battle of Kinston 14 December - Union forces under John G. Foster defeat Confederates under Nathan Evans.
  • Battle of White Hall 16 December - Foster fights indecisive battle with Beverly Robertson
  • Battle of Goldsboro Bridge 17 December - Foster defeats Confederates and destroys the bridge.
  • Battle of Jackson, Tennessee 19 December - Confederate feint to distract Union forces.
  • Battle of Chickasaw Bayou (26 December - 29 December) - Union attack on Confederate right flank thwarted.
  • Battle of Parker's Cross Roads 31 December - Confederates repel Union double-pronged assault.
• 1863 -
  • Battle of Murfreesboro 31 December 1862 - 2 January 1863 - Forces fight to draw
  • Second Battle of Springfield 8 January - Confederates enter town, but are unable to take nearby fort.
  • Battle of Arkansas Post 9 January - Part of Vicksburg Campaign, fight for control of mouth of Arkansas River
  • Battle of Hartville (9 January - 11 January) - Confederates are victorious, but unable to continue raid.
  • Bear River Massacre 29 January - Shoshone forces massacred by Union troops.
  • Battle of Dover 3 February - Failed Confederate attack on town.
  • Battle of Staszów 17 February - Indecisive battle between Poland and Russia as part of January Uprising
  • Battle of Małogoszcz 24 February - Polish forced to retreat.
  • Battle of Thompson's Station 5 March - Confederate victory in Tennessee.
  • Battle of Fort Anderson (13 March - 15 March) Daniel H. Hill leads unsuccessful Confederate attack on New Bern.
  • Battle of Kelly's Ford 17 March - Indecisive cavalry battle during Civil War.
  • Battle of Vaught's Hill 20 March - Union forces withstand attack by John Hunt Morgan's Confederates.
  • Battle of Brentwood 25 March - Union force surrenders.
  • Battle of Washington (30 March - 20 April) Hill unable to take North Carolina town from Union forces.
  • First Battle of Franklin 10 April - Confederates withdraw after rearguard defeat.
  • Battle of Suffolk (11 April - 4 May) Twin indecisive battles at Norfleet House and Hill's Point fought over town.
  • Grierson's Raid 17 April - Deep Union cavalry raid toward Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serves as a diversion of Confederate forces during Grant's VIcksburg campaign.
  • Battle of Cape Girardeau 26 April - Confederate attack fails.
  • Battle of Grand Gulf 29 April - Unsuccessful naval attack by Grant's forces.
  • Battle of Snyder's Bluff 29 April - 1 May Union feint during Vicksburg Campaign.
  • Battle of Day's Gap 30 April - Union victory during a raid in Alabama.
  • Battle of Port Gibson 1 May - in Vicksburg campaign, Grant defeats Confederates
  • Battle of Chalk Bluff (1 May - 2 May) - Confederates win but can't continue raid.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville 2 May - Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson killed
  • Second Battle of Fredericksburg 3 May - Union forces under John Sedgwick defeat Confederate forces left to guard the town by Lee.
  • Battle of Salem Church (3 May - 4 May) - Lee defeats Sedgwick.
  • Battle of Raymond 12 May - Failed Confederate attempt to protect Vicksburg from approaching Federals.
  • Battle of Jackson (MS) 14 May - Sherman, McPherson defeat Johnston
  • Battle of Champion's Hill 16 May - Grant defeats Confederates
  • Battle of Big Black River Bridge 17 May - Confederate forces trapped in Vicksburg.
  • Battle of Plains Store 21 May - Union victory near Baton Rouge.
  • Battle of Milliken's Bend 7 June - Confederates unable to break Siege of Vicksburg.
  • Battle of Brandy Station 9 June - Pleasonton surprises Jeb Stuart's cavalrymen in their camps near Brandy Station
  • Second Battle of Winchester (13 June - 15 June) - Confederate victory paves way for Lee's invasion.
  • Battle of Aldie 17 June - Indecisive battle during Robert E. Lee's march north.
  • Battle of Middleburg (17 June - 19 June) - J.E.B. Stuart retreats from engagement with Union cavalry.
  • Battle of Upperville 21 June - Indecisive cavalry battle during Lee's invasion.
  • Battle of Hoover's Gap (24 June - 26 June) - Union victory prevents Confederates in Tennessee from coming to the aid of Vicksburg.
  • Battle of Goodrich's Landing (29 June - 30 June) - Confederates drive Union Black Regiments off of several plantations.
  • Battle of Hanover 30 June - J.E.B. Stuart forced to change his route, delaying his efforts to unite with Lee's force outside Gettysburg.
  • Battle of Gettysburg (1 July - 3 July) - Lee loses to Meade, Pickett's Charge fails, ends second invasion of North
  • Battle of Vicksburg 4 July - siege from 22 May ends, Grant accepts surrender of second Confederate army
  • Battle of Helena 4 July - Confederate assault on river port fails securing eastern Arkansas for Union
  • Battle of Boonsboro 8 July - indecisive action at rearguard of Lee's retreat.
  • Siege of Port Hudson (21 May - 9 July) - last Confederate stronghold on Mississippi surrenders.
  • Battle of Corydon 9 July - Confederate raid results in civilian casualties, including a Lutheran minister.
  • First Assault on Morris Island 11 July - First of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner.
  • Battle of Williamsport (6 July - 16 July) - Meade and Lee fight indecisive battle.
  • Battle of Honey Springs 17 July - In Indian Territory, two largely Black and Native American forces meet. Union victory.
  • Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island 18 July - second of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner fails, heroism of the 54th Massachusetts.
  • Battle of Manassas Gap 23 July - Indecisive battle by day, Confederates withdraw by night.
  • Battle of Big Mound (24 July - 25 July) - Union forces defeat Santee and Teton Sioux forces.
  • Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake 26 July - Sibley defeats Sioux forces.
  • Battle of Salineville 26 July - Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan surrenders in Ohio: the Northernmost U.S. Civil War Battle
  • Battle of Stony Lake 28 July - Sioux forces escape Union forces in pursuit.
  • Second Battle of Fort Sumter (17 August - 9 September) - Union attempt to retake fort fails even after massive bombardment and naval attack.
  • Second Battle of Chattanooga (21 August - 8 September) - Union captures town.
  • Battle of Lawrence 23 August - Quantrill's Raiders pillage the city.
  • Battle of Devil's Backbone 1 September - Union victory after heavy fighting.
  • Battle of Whitestone Hill (3 September - 5 September) - Union forces defeat several Native American tribes including Sioux and Blackfeet.
  • Second Battle of Sabine Pass 8 September - Confederate forces place stakes in river to help aim their guns at Union ships, Confederate victory.
  • Battle of Bayou Fourche 10 September - Union victory allows for capture of Little Rock.
  • Battle of Davis' Cross Roads (10 September - 11 September) - Union forces establish defensive positions prior to Chickamauga.
  • Battle of Chickamauga 19 September - Bragg defeats Rosecrans, George Thomas of US anointed "The Rock of Chickamauga"
  • Battle of Blountsville 22 September - Union forces capture town.
  • Battle of Baxter Springs 6 October - Quantrill's Raiders massacre Union Black Troops during U.S. Civil War.
  • Battle of Blue Springs 10 October - Confederate forces overrun.
  • First Battle of Auburn 13 October - J.E.B. Stuart escapes by hiding in a ravine.
  • Second Battle of Auburn 14 October - Confederates attack Union rearguard, indecisive.
  • Battle of Bristoe Station 14 October - Meade defeats elements of Lee's forces, but Confederates destroy railroad during retreat.
  • Battle of Buckland Mills 19 October - Union cavalry caught in ambush, defeated.
  • Battle of Pine Bluff 25 October - Confederate attack fails.
  • Battle of Wauhatchie (28 October - 29 October) Longstreet defeated by Union forces.
  • Battle of Collierville 3 November - Abortive Confederate attack on the town.
  • Second Battle of Rappahannock Station 7 November - Union forces surge across river, forcing Lee to retreat.
  • Battle of Campbell's Station 16 November - Confederate double-envelopment attempt fails.
  • Third Battle of Chattanooga (23 November - 25 November) - Grant defeats Braxton Bragg and relieves Union forces besieged in Chattanooga
  • Battle of Ringgold Gap 27 November - Confederates under Patrick Cleburne defeat Union forces under Joseph Hooker.
  • Battle of Fort Sanders 29 November - Longstreet unable to take fort due to poor quality gunpowder.
  • Battle of Mine Run (27 November - 2 December) Meade bombards Lee's Confederates but then withdraws.
  • Battle of Bean's Station 14 December - Union forces withdraw a short distance.
  • Battle of Mossy Creek 29 December - Confederate cavalry forced back.
• 1864 -
  • Battle of Dandridge 17 January - Union forces withdraw
  • Battle of Athens 26 January - Union victory in Northern Alabama.
  • Battle of Fair Garden 27 January - Union pyrrhic victory.
  • Battle of Morton's Ford (6 February - 7 February) - Diversionary Union attack.
  • Battle of Meridian 14 February - Sherman occupies town
  • Battle of Olustee 20 February - Union can't take Florida
  • Battle of Paducah 25 March - Confederate raid by Forrest successful.
  • Battle of Elkin's Ferry (3 April - 4 April) - Confederates unable to prevent Union river crossing.
  • Battle of Mansfield 8 April - Banks Union Red River Campaign halted by rebels
  • Battle of Pleasant Hill 9 April - Confederate attack fails.
  • Battle of Prairie D'Ane (9 April - 13 April) - Frederick Steele defeats Sterling Price.
  • Battle of Fort Pillow 12 April - N.B. Forrest takes fort, massacres black soldiers
  • Battle of Poison Spring 18 April - Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas, black troops massacred
  • Battle of Dybbøl 18 April - key defeat for Denmark in the Second War of Schleswig
  • Battle of Monett's Ferry 23 April - Confederate forces driven back.
  • Battle of Marks' Mills 25 April - Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas
  • Battle of Jenkins'