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The following engagements took place in the year 1864 during the American Civil War. The Union armies, under the command of U.S. Grant, launched multiple offenses in all theaters of the war, in an attempt to prevent Confederate forces from transferring troops from one army to another.

History

19th century illustration of the Battle of the Wilderness

In March, Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed general-in-chief of the Union Army. He decided on a strategy of simultaneous offenses in the Eastern, Western, and Trans-Mississippi Theaters in order to grind down and ultimately defeat the Confederate armies. Grant himself planned to travel with the Army of the Potomac, commanded by George G. Meade, and the IX Corps, commanded by Ambrose Burnside, both to coordinate the two forces and to avoid the politics of Washington, D.C. (Burnside was senior to Meade and therefore would have the right to command the Army of the Potomac, so in order to retain Meade Grant had both commanders report to him. Grant concluded on May 25 that this command structure was unwieldy and placed Burnside under Meade's command.)^[1] In the Eastern Theater, Grant's forces fought General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in a series of battles that became known as the Overland Campaign from May to June. Although he lost heavily during the campaign and failed to gain a tactical advantage in any of the battles, Grant inflicted a larger percentage of casualties on Lee than the Union army incured and also forced Lee into retreating closer to Richmond.^[2] Following the Battle of Cold Harbor, Grant crossed the James River and attacked the city of Petersburg, which was a vital rail center for Lee's supply lines to North Carolina. Several Union attacks on the Confederate defenses near the city in early June resulted in failure; as a result, Grant settled into a nine-month siege at Petersburg, during which he continued to move westward in order to cut Lee's supply lines.^[3]

Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of the Union armies

Grant planned for two other campaigns in the Eastern Theater: the Army of the James commanded by Major General Benjamin Butler landed on the Bermuda Hundred peninsula near Petersburg, with orders to cut the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad and to prevent reinforcements from reaching Lee's army. After building fortifications on the peninsula, Butler made several advances towards the railroad, each time retreating back to his fortifications after a brief skirmish with Confederate forces. Following the Battle of Ware Bottom Church, the Confederates built a line of fortifications parallel to the Union lines, bottling up Butler's force and allowing reinforcements to be detached to Lee.^[4]

In the Shenandoah Valley, another Union force commanded by Major General Franz Sigel advanced southward until he encountered a small Confederate force commanded by Major General John C. Breckinridge at the Battle of New Market on May 15, which resulted in a Confederate victory. Sigel was replaced by David Hunter, who started his campaign near the end of May.^[5] His victory at Piedemont on June 5 caused to Lee to detach his Second Corps, under Lieutenant General Jubal Early, to the Valley to deal with the Union forces. Hunter attacked Early's command at Lynchburg but was defeated; Hunter then retreated through West Virginia to the Ohio River, allowing Early to move north through the Valley. Early then launched a raid on Washington, D.C., but due to the delay caused by the Battle of Monocacy failed to arrive at the city before Union reinforcements did, making a successful attack impossible. Early was then able to retreat back into the Shenandoah Valley with the supplies his army had seized and from there launched several additional small raids which the local Union commanders were unable to prevent.^[6] To deal with these raids and combat the Confederate forces in the Valley effectively, Grant consolidated the various military departments in the area into the Middle Military Division, commanded by Philip H. Sheridan. During a three-month campaign, Sheridan successfully destroyed both the Confederate fighting capabilities in the Shenandoah and the supplies the Confederates needed to feed Lee's army at Petersburg.^[7]

In the Western Theater, Union forces were placed in the Military Division of the Mississippi, commanded by Major General William T. Sherman, who had orders to capture Atlanta. During the three-month Atlanta Campaign, Sherman outflanked Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee out of one position after another until the two forces reached Atlanta. Fearing he would abandon the city without a fight, Confederate President Jefferson Davis replaced Johnston with John B. Hood, who launched a series of attacks on Sherman's armies, which each time failed with heavy Confederate casualties. When Sherman cut the Montgomery & Atlanta Railroad in early September, the Confederate supply lines into the city were cut and Hood was forced to abandon Atlanta.^[8] For the next two months, Hood and Sherman skirmished as Hood attempted to cut Sherman's supply lines to the North; Sherman eventually gave up trying to catch Hood and instead embarked on his Savannah campaign. Hood, instead of following Sherman, moved north into Tennessee, intending to capture Nashville before going into Kentucky. He lost heavily in a frontal attack at the Battle of Franklin on November 30, suffering over 7,000 casualties including thirteen generals killed, wounded, or captured;^[9] this left him with too few men to overrun the Union fortifications at Nashville, so Hood instead constructed fortifications a few miles to the south and tried to entice the Unio commander, Major General George H. Thomas, to attack him. On December 15–16, Thomas did attack, routing most of the Confederate army on both days and capturing over 70 cannons and 15,000 prisoners. Hood retreated back to Alabama, where he was relieved of command by his own request; the Army of Tennessee was reduced to barely 20,000 men by casualties and desertions during the retreat.^[10]

In the Trans-Mississippi Theater, Major General Nathaniel P. Banks led his Army of the Gulf up the Red River in Louisiana, intending to invade eastern Texas and to seize cotton to supply the New England cotton mills. The Confederate commander of the District of Western Louisiana, Major General Richard Taylor, steadily retreated until both forces neared Mansfield, where on April 7, Taylor attacked and routed Banks' force; another battle was fought the next day near Pleasant Hill but the Confederates were defeated. Banks continued retreating along the river until he reached the Red River's confluence with the Mississippi. A simultaneous campaign from Union controlled northern Arkansas was launched, which was planned to link up with Banks' force at Shreveport, Louisiana, but was turned back due to a lack of supplies.^[11]

Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military units	Losses
January 17	Dandridge, Tennessee	Elements of Confederate First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Union IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland	Confederate unknown, Union 150[12]
January 26	Athens, Alabama	Forces: Confederate cavalry brigade, Union garrison	Losses: Confederate 30, Union 20[13]
January 27 – 28	Fair Garden, Tennessee	Elements of Confederate First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Union IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland	Confederate 165, Union 100[14]
February 6 – 7	Morton's Ford, Virginia	Confederate Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, Union two divisions from the Army of the Potomac	Confederate 60, Union 261[15]
February 13	Middle Boggy, Oklahoma	Confederate Seminole battalion of Mounted Rifles, Union 14th Kansas Cavalry and two howitzers	Confederate 47, Union 0[16]
February 14 – 20	Meridian, Mississippi	Confederate Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, Union Army of the Tennessee	Confederate 5, Union 170[17]
February 20	Olustee, Florida	Confederate District of East Florida, Union detachment from the Department of the South	Confederate 946, Union 1,861[18]
February 22	Okolona, Mississippi	Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Union detachment, Army of the Tennessee	Confederate 144, Union 388[19]
February 22 – 27	Dalton I, Georgia	Confederate Army of the Tennessee, Union Army of the Cumberland	Confederate 140, Union 289[20]
March 2	Walkerton, Virginia	Confederate Department of Richmond, Union Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac	Confederate none, Union 100[21]
March 14	Fort DeRussy, Louisiana	Confederate District of West Louisiana, Union Army of the Gulf	Confederate 269, Union 48[22]
March 18	Laredo, Texas	Confederate 33rd Texas Cavalry, Union 1st Texas Cavalry	unknown[23]
March 21	Henderson's Hill, Louisiana	Confederate and Union cavalry	Confederate 250, Union unknown[24]
March 25	Paducah, Kentucky	Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Union garrison	Confederate 50, Union 90[25]
April 3–4	Elkin's Ferry, Arkansas	Confederate District of Arkansas, Union Department of Arkansas	Confederate 29, Union 26[26]
April 7	Wilson's Farm, Louisiana	Cavalry from Confederate District of West Louisiana and Union Army of the Gulf	unknown[27]
April 8	Mansfield, Louisiana	Confederate District of West Louisiana, Union Army of the Gulf	Confederate 1,000, Union 2,235[28]
April 9	Pleasant Hill, Louisiana	Confederate District of West Louisiana, Union Army of the Gulf	Confederate 1,626, Union 1,369[29]
April 10–15	Prairie D'Ane, Arkansas	Confederate District of Arkansas, Union Department of Arkansas	Confederate 50, Union 100[30]
April 12	Blair's Landing, Louisiana	Confederate cavalry brigade, Union transports and gunboats	Confederate 57, Union 60[31]
April 12	Fort Pillow, Tennessee	Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Union garrison	Confederate 100, Union 549[32]
April 17–20	Plymouth, North Carolina	Confederate infantry division from Department of North Carolina, Union garrison	Confederate 300, Union 2,900 (including 2,834 prisoners)[33]
April 18	Poison Spring, Arkansas	Union detachment, Confederate cavalry from Trans-Mississippi Department	Confederate 114, Union 301[34]
April 23	Monett's Ferry, Louisiana	Union and Confederate cavalry	Confederate 400, Union 200[35]
April 25	Marks' Mills, Arkansas	Confederate District of Arkansas, Union Department of Arkansas	Confederate 293, Union 1,500[36]
April 30	Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas	Confederate District of Arkansas, Union Department of Arkansas	Confederate 1,000, Union 700[37]
May 5	Albemarle Sound, North Carolina	Confederate ships Albemarle and Bombshell, Union ships Miami and two others	88 total[38]
May 5–7	the Wilderness, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac and IX Corps	Confederate 10,830, Union 17,666[39]
May 6–7	Port Walthall Junction, Virginia	Confederate Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, Union Army of the James	550 total[40]
May 7–13	Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Military Division of the Mississippi	Confederate 600, Union 837[41]
May 8–21	Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 12,062, Union 18,399[42]
May 9	Swift Creek and Fort Clifton, Virginia	Confederate Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, Union Army of the James	990 total[43]
May 9	Cloyd's Mountain, Virginia	Confederate Department of Southwest Virginia, Union Army of West Virginia	Confederate 538, Union 688[44]
May 10	Chester Station, Virginia	Confederate Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, Union Army of the James	569 total[45]
May 10	Cove Mountain, Virginia	Cavalry from Confederate Department of South-West Virginia and Union Department of West Virginia	300 total[46]
May 11	Yellow Tavern, Virginia	Cavalry corps from Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac	800 total[47]
May 12–16	Proctor's Creek (Drewry's Bluff), Virginia	Confederate Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, Union Army of the James	Confederate 1,000, Union 3,004[48]
May 13–15	Resaca, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Military Division of the Mississippi	Confederate 2,800, Union 2,747[49]
May 15	New Market, Virginia	Confederate Department of Western Virginia, Union Department of West Virginia	Confederate 587, Union 762[50]
May 16	Mansura, Louisiana	Confederate District of West Louisiana, Union Army of the Gulf	Confederate unknown, Union unknown[51]
May 17	Adairsville, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Military Division of the Mississippi	Confederate unknown, Union 200[52]
May 18	Yellow Bayou, Louisiana	Confederate District of West Louisiana, Union Army of the Gulf	Confederate 500, Union 360[53]
May 20	Ware Bottom Church and Howlett Line, Virginia	Confederate Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, Union Army of the James	1,500 total[54]
May 23–26	North Anna, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 1,251, Union 2,138[55]
May 24	Wilson's Wharf	Confederate cavalry from Army of Northern Virginia, Union detachment from Army of the James	Confederate 140, Union 26[56]
May 25–26	New Hope Church, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Military Division of the Mississippi	Confederate 350, Union 665[57]
May 27	Pickett's Mill, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Military Division of the Mississippi	Confederate 450, Union 1,600[58]
May 28	Haw's Shop, Virginia	Confederate Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, Union Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac	Confederate 400, Union 344[59]
May 28	Dallas, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Military Division of the Mississippi	Confederate 1,000–1,500, Union 380[60]
May 28–30	Totopotomoy Creek and Bethesda Church, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 1,159, Union 731[61]
May 30	Matadequin Creek (Old Church), Virginia	Cavalry brigade from Army of Northern Virginia, cavalry brigade from Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate unknown, Union 90[62]
May 31 – June 12	Cold Harbor, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 4,847, Union 14,932[63]
June 5	Piedmont, Virginia	Confederate Department of Western Virginia, Union Department of West Virginia	Confederate 1,600, Union 875[64]
June 5–6	Old River Lake, Arkansas	Confederates one division from District of Arkansas, Union two brigades from District of Arkansas	Confederate 37, Union 133[65]
June 9	Petersburg I, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	120 total[66]
June 9–18	Lost Mountain–Brushy Mountain Line, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Military Division of the Mississippi	unknown[67]
June 10	Brices Crossroads, Mississippi	Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Union infantry and cavalry	Confederate 493, Union 2,612[68]
June 11–12	Trevilian Station, Virginia	Cavalry corps from Union Army of the Potomac and Confederate Army of Northern Virginia	Confederate 1,071, Union 1,007[69]
June 11–12	Cynthiana, Kentucky	Confederate Morgan's brigade, Union garrison	Confederate 1,000, Union 1,092[70]
June 15–18	Petersburg II, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 2,974–4,700, Union 9,964–10,600[71]
June 17–18	Lynchburg, Virginia	Confederate Department of Southwest Virginia and Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, Union Department of West Virginia	Confederate 200, Union 700[72]
June 21–23	Jerusalem Plank Road, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 572, Union 2,962[73]
June 22	Kolb's Farm, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Army of the Ohio and XX Corps	Confederate 1,000, Union 350[74]
June 24	Samaria Church (Saint Mary's Church), Virginia	Cavalry corps from Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 250, Union 350[75]
June 25	Staunton River Bridge, Virginia	Confederate Home Guards, Union cavalry division from Army of the Potomac	150 total[76]
June 27	Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Military Division of the Mississippi	Confederate 1,000, Union 3,000[77]
June 28	Sappony Church, Virginia	Cavalry from Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac	unknown[78]
June 29	Reams Station I, Virginia	Cavalry from Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac	unknown[79]
July 9	Monocacy, Maryland	Confederate Army of the Valley District, Union Middle Department	Confederate 700–900, Union 1,294[80]
July 11–12	Fort Stevens, District of Columbia	Confederate Army of the Valley, Union Department of Washington	Confederate 500, Union 373[81]
July 18	Bartram's Shop, Mississippi	Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Union XVI Corps	Confederate unknown, Union 36[82]
July 14–15	Tupelo, Mississippi	Confederate Department of Mississippi, Alabama, and East Tennessee, Union XVI Corps	Confederate 1,326, Union 674.[83]
July 17–18	Cool Spring, Virginia	Confederate Army of the Valley District, Union Army of West Virginia	Confederate 397, Union 422[84]
July 20	Rutherford's Farm, Virginia	Confederate detachment from Army of the Valley, Union cavalry division from Army of West Virginia	Confederate 500, Union 242[85]
July 20	Peachtree Creek, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Army of the Cumberland	Confederate 4,796, Union 1,710[86]
July 22	Atlanta, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Army of the Tennessee	Confederate 8,499, Union 3,641[87]
July 24	Second Kernstown, Virginia	Confederate Army of the Valley, Union Army of West Virginia	Confederate 600, Union 1,185[88]
July 27–29	First Deep Bottom, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union II Corps and cavalry from Army of the Potomac	1,000 total[89]
July 28	Ezra Church, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union XV Corps	Confederate 4,642, Union 700[90]
July 28–29	Killdeer Mountain, Dakota Territory	Union Department of the Northwest, Lakota and Dakota Sioux tribes	Union 15, Dakotas and Lakotas 31[91]
July 30	The Crater, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 1,491, Union 3,798[92]
August 1	Folck's Mill, Maryland	Confederate cavalry from Army of the Valley, Union garrison from Department of West Virginia	Confederate 30, Union 30[93]
August 5	Mobile Bay, Alabama	Confederate and Union naval forces	Confederate 1,500, Union 327[94]
August 5–7	Utoy Creek, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Army of the Ohio	Confederate 225, Union 400[95]
August 7	Moorefield, West Virginia	Cavalry from Union Department of West Virginia and Confederate Army of the Valley	Confederate 500, Union 31[96]
August 7–9	Badlands, Dakota Territory	Union Department of the Northwest, Lakota and Dakota Sioux tribes	Union 9 killed and at least 100 wounded, Dakotas and Lakotas 100 killed.[97]
August 13–20	Second Deep Bottom, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 1,300, Union 2,900[98]
August 14–15	Dalton II, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Army of the Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, and Army of the Ohio	unknown[99]
August 16	Guard Hill, Virginia	Confederate Army of the Valley District, Union Army of the Shenandoah	Confederate 480, Union 71[100]
August 18–21	Globe Tavern, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 1,600, Union 4,455[101]
August 20	Lovejoy's Station, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Army of the Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, and Army of the Ohio	Confederate 240, Union 237[102]
August 21	Summit Point and Cameron's Depot, West Virginia	Confederate Army of the Valley District, Union Army of the Shenandoah	Confederate 400, Union 600[103]
August 21	Second Memphis, Tennessee	Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Union garrison	Confederate 62, Union 80[104]
August 25	Second Reams Station, Virginia	Confederate Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, Union II Corps and cavalry, Army of the Potomac	Confederate 814, Union 2,742[105]
August 28–29	Smithfield Crossing, West Virginia	Confederate Army of the Valley District, Union Army of the Shenandoah	Confederate 200, Union 100[106]
August 29–30	Chaffin's Farm, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 1,700, Union 3,300[107]
August 29–30	New Market Heights, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 50, Union 850[108]
August 31 – September 1	Jonesboro, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Army of the Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, and Army of the Ohio	Confederate 2,000, Union 1,149[109]
September 3–4	Berryville, Virginia	Confederate Army of the Valley District, Union Army of the Shenandoah	Confederate 195, Union 312[110]
September 19	Third Winchester, Virginia	Confederate Army of the Valley, Union Army of the Shenandoah	Confederate 3,610, Union 5,020[111]
September 19	Cabin Creek, Indian Territory	Confederate cavalry, Union garrison	unknown[112]
September 21–22	Fisher's Hill, Virginia	Confederate Army of the Valley, Union Army of the Shenandoah	Confederate 1,235, Union 528[113]
September 26–28	Pilot Knob, Missouri	Confederate Army of Missouri, Union Missouri State Militia and volunteer troops	Confederate 1,500, Union 73[114]
September 27	Fort Davidson, Missouri	Confederate Army of Missouri, Union garrison	Confederate 1,500, Union 183[115]
September 29–30	Chaffin's Farm, Virginia	Union Army of the James, Confederate II Corps, Army of Northern Virginia	Confederate 1,300, Union 2,869[116]
October 2	Pebbles' Farm, Virginia	Confederate Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, Union V Corps, Army of the Potomac	Confderate 1,300, Union 2,869[117]
October 3	Big Shanty, Georgia	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union garrison	Confederate none, Union 175 (captured)[118]
October 5	Allatoona, Georgia	Confederate division from Army of Tennessee, Union garrison from XV Corps	Confederate 799, Union 706[119]
October 7	Darbytown and New Market Roads, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 700, Union 458[120]
October 9	Tom's Brook, Virginia	Confederate cavalry from the Army of the Valley, Union cavalry from the Army of the Shenandoah	Confederate 350, Union 57[121]
October 13	Darbytown Road, Virginia	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union X Corps	Confederate 50, Union 437[122]
October 15	Glasgow, Missouri	Confederate Army of Missouri, Union garrison	Confederate 50, Union 400[123]
October 19	Cedar Creek, Virginia	Confederate Army of the Valley, Union Army of the Shenandoah	Confederate 2,910, Union 5,672[124]
October 19	Second Lexington, Missouri	Confederate Army of Missouri, Union detachment of Army of the Border	Unknown[125]
October 21	Little Blue River, Missouri	Confederate Army of Missouri, Union detachment of Army of the Border	Unknown[126]
October 21 – 22	Second Independence, Missouri	Confederate Army of the Missouri, Union Army of the Border	Confederate approximately 140, Union unknown[127]
October 22 – 23	Byram's Ford, Missouri	Confederate Army of Missouri, Union Army of the Border	Unknown[128]
October 23	Westport, Missouri	Confederate Army of Missouri, Union Army of the Border	Confederate 1,500, Union 1,500[129]
October 25	Mine Creek, Kansas	Confederate Army of Missouri, Union Army of the Border	Confederate 800, Union 150[130]
October 25	Marmiton River, Missouri	Confederate Army of Missouri, Union cavalry from Army of the Border	Unknown[131]
October 26 – 29	Decatur, Alabama	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union garrison and other troops	Confederate 200, Union 155[132]
October 27 – 28	Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, Virginia	Confederate detachments from Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the James	Confederate less than 100, Union 1,603[133]
October 27 – 28	Boydton Plank Road, Virginia	Confederate Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac	Confederate 1,300, Union 1,758[134]
October 28	Second Newtonia, Missouri	Cavalry from Union Army of the Border and Confederate Army of Missouri	Confederate 250, Union 400[135]
November 4 – 5	Johnsonville, Tennessee	Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Union garrison	unknown[136]
November 11 – 14	Bull's Gap, Tennessee	Confederate Department of Southwest Virginia, Union garrison	Confederate 100, Union 24 (including 300 prisoners)[137]
November 22	Griswoldville, Georgia	Confederate militia, Union Grand Army of the West	Confederate 650, Union 62[138]
November 24 – 29	Columbia, Tennessee	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union IV Corps and XXIII Corps	unknown[139]
November 28	Buck Head Creek, Georgia	Cavalry from Confederate Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and Union Grand Army of the West	Confederate 600, Union 46[140]
November 29	Sand Creek, Colorado	Union 1st Colorado Cavalry and 3rd Colorado Cavalry, Southern Cheyenne and Southern Arapaho	Union 48, Southern Cheyenne and Southern Arapaho 150[141]
November 29	Spring Hill, Tennessee	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union IV Corps and XXIII Corps	Confederates 500, Union 350[142]
November 30	Second Franklin, Tennessee	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union IV Corps and XXIII Corps	Confederate 7,300, Union 2,655[143]
December 4	LaVergne, Tennessee	Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Union garrison	Confederate none, Union 150 (all captured)[144]
December 4	Overall Creek, Tennessee	Detachments of Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Department of the Cumberland	Confederate 86, Union unknown[145]
December 5–7	Third Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Confederate detachment from Army of Tennessee, Union garrison	Confederate 214, Union 208[146]
December 15	Fort McAllister	Confederate Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and Union Grand Army of the West	Confederate 230, Union 134[147]
December 15–16	Nashville, Tennessee	Confederate Army of Tennessee, Union Army of the Cumberland	Confederate 6,500, Union 3,061[148]
December 17–18	Marion, Virginia	Confederate Department of Southwest Virginia, Union cavalry	300 total[149]
December 20–21	Second Saltville, Virginia	Confederate Department of Southwest Virginia, Union cavalry	unknown[150]
December 24	Richland Creek, Tennessee	Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Union cavalry, Army of the Cumberland	Confederate 6, Union unknown[151]
December 24–27	Fort Fisher I, North Carolina	Confederate Cape Fear District, Department of North Carolina, Union Fort Fisher Expeditionary Force, Army of the James	Confederate 261, Union 59[152]
December 25	Pulaski, Tennessee	Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Union cavalry, Army of the Cumberland	unknown[153]
December 26	Sugar Creek, Tennessee	Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Union cavalry, Army of the Cumberland	Confederate unknown, Union 162[154]

See also

• 1864 in the United States

Notes

1. Symonds, pp. 76, 79; Trudeau, pp. 18, 240.
2. Symonds, pp. 81, 85; Trudeau, p. 341.
3. Symonds, p. 87.
4. Symonds, p. 83.
5. Kennedy, pp. 298–301.
6. Kennedy, pp. 301–303; Symonds, p. 89.
7. Kennedy, pp. 313, 323.
8. Symonds, pp. 91–93.
9. Sword, pp. 269–270.
10. Sword, pp. 281, 425–426.
11. Josephy, pp. 165, 188, 201–209.
12. Kennedy, p. 250.
13. Kennedy, p. 261.
14. Kennedy, p. 251.
15. Trinque, p. 88.
16. Kennedy, p. 221.
17. Kennedy, p. 261.
18. Kennedy, pp. 263–264.
19. Kennedy, pp. 261–262.
20. Kennedy, p. 262.
21. Kennedy, p. 260.
22. Kennedy, p. 267.
23. "Battle of Laredo, Texas". History. Civil War Talk. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
24. Parrish, p. 330.
25. Kennedy, p. 275.
26. Kennedy, p. 273.
27. Parrish, pp. 338–339.
28. Brooksher, p. 104.
29. Brooksher, p. 135.
30. Kennedy, p. 273.
31. Kennedy, p. 271.
32. Kennedy, pp. 275–276.
33. Kennedy, p. 277.
34. Kennedy, pp. 273–274.
35. Kennedy, p. 272.
36. Kennedy, p. 274.
37. Kennedy, pp. 274–275.
38. Kennedy, p. 277.
39. Trudeau, p. 341.
40. Kennedy, p. 278.
41. Kennedy, pp. 326–328.
42. Trudeau, p. 341.
43. Kennedy, p. 278.
44. Kennedy, pp. 296–297.
45. Kennedy, p. 279.
46. Kennedy, pp. 297–298.
47. Kennedy, pp. 286–287.
48. Kennedy, p. 279.
49. Kennedy, pp. 329–331.
50. Knight, p. 216.
51. Kennedy, p. 272.
52. Kennedy, p. 331.
53. Kennedy, p. 272.
54. Kennedy, p. 280.
55. Trudeau, p. 341.
56. Kennedy, p. 290.
57. Kennedy, pp. 332–335.
58. Kennedy, pp. 332–335.
59. Kennedy, p. 290.
60. Kennedy, pp. 332–335.
61. Trudeau, p. 341.
62. Kennedy, p. 291.
63. Trudeau, p. 341.
64. Kennedy, pp. 301–303.
65. Kennedy, p. 275.
66. Kennedy, p. 352.
67. Kennedy, pp. 335–336.
68. Kennedy, pp. 344–347.
69. Kennedy, pp. 294–295.
70. Kennedy, p. 344.
71. Kennedy, pp. 352–353.
72. Kennedy, p. 304.
73. Kennedy, pp. 353–354.
74. Kennedy, p. 336.
75. Kennedy, p. 295.
76. Kennedy, p. 355.
77. Kennedy, pp. 336–339.
78. Kennedy, p. 354.
79. Kennedy, pp. 354–355.
80. Cooling, pp. 79–81.
81. Kennedy, pp. 308–309.
82. Stinson, p. 7.
83. Kennedy, pp. 347–350.
84. Kennedy, p. 309.
85. Kennedy, p. 309.
86. Kennedy, pp. 339–340.
87. Kennedy, p. 340.
88. Kennedy, pp. 310–312.
89. Kennedy, p. 355.
90. Kennedy, p. 341.
91. Kennedy, p. 351.
92. Kennedy, pp. 355–356.
93. Kennedy, p. 312.
94. Kennedy, pp. 374–376.
95. Kennedy, p. 341.
96. Kennedy, p. 313.
97. "The US Army and the Sioux - Part 2: Battle of the Badlands". National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
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