Summaries

The Yazoo Pass Expedition was a failed Union attempt to advance on Vicksburg, Mississippi, in the spring of 1863.

The Battle of Yellow Tavern was fought between the United States of America and Confederate States of American on May 11, 1864. The United States won the battle and Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded.

Lasting from April 5 to May 4, 1862, the Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, stalled Union Major General George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign for four weeks, enabling the Confederacy to shore up its defenses of Richmond, Virginia.