Summaries

On June 25, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched a series of six battles in seven days that pitted the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia against Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac. Collectively known as the Seven Days Battles, Lee's assaults drove McClellan's army away from the outskirts of Richmond, ending the Union's Peninsula Campaign of 1862.

The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks, took place near Seven Pines and Fair Oaks, Virginia, on May 31 and June 1, 1862. The battle was an important turning point in Union General George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.

Also known as Jackson's Valley Campaign, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, was remarkable for the adroit tactics of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, who out-maneuvered and defeated three Union armies during the spring of 1862.

The Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864 consisted of three campaigns: the Lynchburg Campaign (May-June), Early's Valley Campaign (June-August) and Sheridan's Valley Campaign (August-October).

Fought on September 19 – 20, 1862, the Battle of Shepherdstown was the last engagement of the Maryland Campaign and the largest engagement of the Civil War fought in what would become the State of West Virginia.

Sheridan's Valley Campaign was the last of three campaigns that comprise the Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864.

Also known as the Savannah Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, was a Union offensive in late 1864 that cut a swath of destruction across Georgia about 60 miles wide and 250 miles long, from Atlanta to Savannah.

The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a land engagement fought on April 6 and 7, 1862 close to the Shiloh Church, near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, during the American Civil War.

The Battle of South Mountain was fought in Frederick and Washington counties, Maryland, on September 14, 1862, during Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign.

Fought between May 8 and 21, 1864, the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was the second major engagement of Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign.

The Battle of Spring Hill was a minor military engagement of major importance that took place in Maury County, Tennessee, on November 29, 1864. The battle was more important for what did not happen than for what did.

Fought on June 25, 1864, the Battle of Staunton River Bridge, also known as the Battle of Blacks and Whites, was the first major engagement of the Wilson-Kautz Raid during the Petersburg Campaign in Virginia.

The Battle of Stones River, also known as the Battle of Murfreesboro, was a land engagement fought near Murfreesboro, Tennessee during the American Civil War, between December 31, 1862 and January 2, 1863.

The Battle of Sutherland's Station was one of several skirmishes that comprised the Third Battle of Petersburg. The battle took place at Petersburg, Virginia on April 2, 1865, during Appomattox Campaign.

The second engagement of the Bermuda Hundred Campaign was a tactical Union victory, but a strategic failure because Federal soldiers did not achieve their primary objective of disrupting traffic between Petersburg and Richmond by destroying railroad and turnpike bridges spanning Swift Creek.

The Confederate victory at the Battle of Thoroughfare Gap created a clear path for the reunification of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War, virtually ensuring a Confederate victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run.

The Battle of Tom's Brook was a cavalry engagement fought along Tom's Brook near Woodstock, Virginia on October 9, 1864 during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864.

Fought on May 28, 1864 – May 30, 1864, the Battle of Totopotomoy Creek, also known as the Battle of Bethesda Church, was a Confederate victory during the Overland Campaign.

The Battle of Trevilian Station was a cavalry engagement fought on June 11 and 12, 1864 in Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign.

The Tullahoma Campaign, also known as the Middle Tennessee Campaign, was a series of military engagements fought in south-central Tennessee from June 24 through July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War. The campaign secured middle Tennessee for the Union.