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This is a list of battles and skirmishes of the American Civil War during the year 1865, the final year of the war. During the year, Union forces were able to capture the last major Confederate ports still open to shipping, along with the Confederate capital, and forced the surrender of the four major Confederate commands.

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Capture of Fort Fisher Capture of Fort Fisher.jpg
Capture of Fort Fisher

In the Eastern Theater, a combined Union army and naval force, commanded by Major General Alfred H. Terry and Rear Admiral David D. Porter, captured Fort Fisher at the mouth of the Cape Fear River on January 15, which led to the evacuation of other Confederate fortifications along the coastline near Fort Fisher. [1] The capture of Fort Fisher closed the port of Wilmington, North Carolina to Confederate blockade runners, although the Confederates still held the city in order to remove the government supplies stored there and also to prevent Terry from reinforcing William T. Sherman's army, which was then marching north through the Carolinas. [2] After repairing Fort Fisher, Terry was reinforced by the XXIII Corps under Major General John M. Schofield, who took overall command of Union operations in North Carolina. Schofield started his advance towards Wilmington in mid-February with Terry's corps along the east bank, making a demonstration against the main Confederate force there [3] while the XXIII Corps, supported by Porter's gunboats, moved along the west bank of the Cape Fear River. The capture of Fort Anderson on February 19 forced the Confederates to evacuate their defensive positions south of the city; following several more skirmishes, Union forces entered Wilmington on February 22. [4]

On April 1 and 2, Union forces commanded by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant launched a series of attacks on the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia near Petersburg, Virginia, overrunning the Confederate fortifications and cutting the supply lines south of the city. As a result, General Robert E. Lee was forced to evacuate both that city and Richmond, ending the nine-month-long Siege of Petersburg. Lee first moved west along the Richmond & Danville Railroad, planning to flee southwards to North Carolina to unite with other Confederate forces. [5] The Confederate army had a head start over the Union army but Lee was forced to wait at Amelia Court House, due to the Confederate units in Richmond being delayed in crossing the Appomattox River; this allowed Union cavalry and infantry to arrive in Jettersville ahead of the Confederates, which forced Lee to march farther west than he had planned before attempting to turn south. Over the next few days, the Union army continued to press the Confederates from the south and the west, forcing Lee to retreat farther westward. At Appomattox Court House, Grant managed to surround Lee and forced him to surrender on April 9. [6]

Bennett Place, where the surrender of the Confederate Army of Tennessee took place on April 26 2008-08-16 Bennett Place historic site.jpg
Bennett Place, where the surrender of the Confederate Army of Tennessee took place on April 26

In the Carolinas, Major General William T. Sherman started north from Savannah, Georgia, in late February, planning to unite with U.S. Grant's armies near Petersburg, Virginia. Driving the Confederates from South Carolina through a series of flanking maneuvers, Sherman's forces reached North Carolina in early March, divided into two parts commanded by Henry W. Slocum and Oliver O. Howard. The Confederate commander in the Carolinas was General P. G. T. Beauregard, but both Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee considered him unable to handle the situation; on February 22 they appointed General Joseph E. Johnston commander of all Confederate forces in North Carolina, which included the Army of Tennessee. [7] He concentrated his available forces together near Smithfield, hoping to attack and defeat one part of Sherman's army before the other part arrived to its assistance. [8] Johnston launched his attack in the Battle of Bentonville on March 19, hitting Slocum's wing but the Confederates were unable to gain a victory before Howard's wing arrived that evening. After waiting at Bentonville for an additional two days, Johnston retreated back to Smithfield. [9] Sherman united with Schofield's force at Goldsboro on March 23; he then spent the next three weeks resting and refitting his command and repairing the railroad to Wilmington. During this time, Johnston remained near Smithfield and also rested and reorganized his force; he also communicated with Lee and agreed to unite the two forces in the hope of defeating either Sherman and Grant before the Union forces could combine. [10] Sherman started advancing against Johnston on April 10, forcing the Confederates to evacuate Smithfield and retreat towards Greensboro; the Union army captured the state capital of Raleigh on April 13. After he received news of Lee's surrender, Johnston surrendered both his army and the remaining Confederate forces in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida at the Bennett Place, North Carolina on April 26. [11]

In the Western Theater, Major General James H. Wilson led his cavalry corps in a raid through Alabama and Georgia starting on March 22, destroying Confederate manufacturing plants. The Confederate commander in the region, Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest, had been forced to scatter his cavalry command across northern Mississippi and Alabama during the previous winter and had difficulty concentrating it against Wilson. During the evening of April 1, Forrest concentrated his forces in the defenses of Selma, Alabama; Wilson attacked and defeated him in the Battle of Selma, then continued to the east towards Georgia. [12] Around Mobile, Alabama (the last port still held by the Confederates), Major General Edward Canby started siege operations against the forts protecting the city on March 31, first capturing Spanish Fort on April 8 and Fort Blakely the following day. The Confederates evacuated the city of Mobile without a fight on April 11. [13] The capture of Mobile freed additional Union troops to assist Wilson's cavalry to the north. Both this and word of the Confederate surrenders in Virginia and North Carolina convinced Richard Taylor, commander of the Confederate Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, to surrender to Canby at Citronelle, Alabama, on May 4. Forrest followed with the surrender of his cavalry command on May 9. [14]

The parlor of the McLean House, where the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered McLean House parlor, Appomattox Court House, Virginia.jpg
The parlor of the McLean House, where the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered

Due to slow communications, the Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Theater did not receive word of the Confederate surrenders in the east for several weeks. The last organized engagement of the war was fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas on May 13 and 14 and resulted in a Confederate victory. Confederate Lieutenant General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department, surrendered his forces at Shreveport, Louisiana, on June 2, while Confederate forces in the Indian Territory surrendered on June 23. [15] The Confederate raider CSS Shenandoah, which had been in the Pacific Ocean during the months of April and May, only received word of the end of the war on August 2 from a British ship. Fearing execution as pirates if it surrendered to Union forces, the ship instead sailed to Liverpool, United Kingdom, and surrendered to British authorities on November 6. [16]

Engagements

DateEngagementMilitary unitsLossesOutcome
January 8 Battle of Dove Creek, TexasConfederate District of Texas, Kickapoo tribeConfederate 49, Kickapoo unknown [17] Kickapoo Indian Victory
January 13– 15 Fort Fisher II, North Carolina Union Terry's Provisional Corps, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, Confederate Department of North Carolina, Cape Fear DistrictUnion 1,207 to 1,627 Confederate 400 to 500 killed and wounded 1,400 to 1,500 prisoners [18] Union victory
February 2– 3 Rivers Bridge, South Carolina Union Grand Army of the West, Confederate Military Division of the WestUnion 92 killed and wounded, Confederate 170 killed and wounded [19] Union victory
February 5–7 Hatcher's Run, Virginia Union Army of the Potomac, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Union 1,559, Confederate 1,000 [20] Union victory
February 19–20Town Creek, N.C.Union Third Division, XXIII Corps, Confederate infantry brigade, Cape Fear District, Department of North CarolinaUnion unknown, Confederate 395 [21]
February 20Forks Road, N.C.Union Terry's Provisional Corps, Department of North Carolina, Confederate Cape Fear District, Department of North CarolinaUnion 53, Confederate unknown [22]
March 2 Waynesboro, Virginia Union Army of the Shenandoah, Confederate Army of the Valley District Union 30, Confederate 1,600 [23] Union victory
March 6 Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida Union Department of the Gulf, Confederate volunteersUnion 148, Confederate 25 [24] Confederate victory
March 7–10 Wyse Fork, North Carolina Union Grand Army of the West, Confederate Department of North CarolinaUnion 1,300, Confederate 1,500 [25] Tactical Union victory,

Strategic Confederate victory

March 10 Monroe's Cross Roads, North Carolina Union 3rd Cavalry Division, Grand Army of the West, Confederate Hampton's Cavalry command, Army of the South Union 183, Confederate 86 [26] Inconclusive
March 16 Averasborogh, North Carolina Union Grand Army of the West, Confederate Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida Union 683, Confederate 865 [27] Inconclusive
March 19–21 Bentonville, North Carolina Union Grand Army of the West, Confederate Army of the South Union 1,527, Confederate 2,606 [28] Union victory
March 24Cox's Bridge, North CarolinaUnion X Corps, Confederate Army of the SouthUnion 14, Confederate unknown [29]
March 25 Fort Stedman, Virginia Union Army of the Potomac, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 1,017, Confederate 2,681 [30] Union victory
March 27 – April 8 Spanish Fort, Alabama Union Department of the Gulf, Confederate Department of East Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Union 657, Confederate 741 [31] Union victory
March 29 Lewis's Farm, Virginia Union Army of the Potomac, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 381, Confederate 371 [32] Union victory
March 31 Dinwiddle Court House, Virginia Union Army of the Shenendoah, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 354, Confederate 760 [33] Confederate victory
March 31 White Oak Road, Virginia Union V Corps, Army of the Potomac, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 1,781, Confederate 900 to 1,235 [34] Union victory
March 31Johnson County, TennesseeUnion and Confederate irregularsUnion 1, Confederate 15 [35]
April 1 Five Forks, Virginia Union Army of the Shenandoah, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 830, Confederate 3,000 [36] Union victory
April 2–9 Fort Blakely, Alabama Union Department of the Gulf, Confederate Department of East Louisiana, Mississippi and AlabamaUnion 775, Confederate 3,700 [37] Union victory
April 2 Selma, Alabama Union Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the West, Confederate Forrest's Cavalry Corps Union 35,9 Confederate 2,700 [38] Union victory
April 2 Petersburg III, Virginia Union Armies of the Potomac, the Shenandoah, and the James, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 3,894, Confederate 4,852 [39] Union victory
April 2 Sutherland Station, Virginia Union Army of the Potomac, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 366, Confederate 600 [40] Union victory
April 3 Namozine Church, Virginia Union Army of the Potomac, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 81, Confederate unknown [41] Inconclusive
April 5 Amelia Springs, Virginia Union Army of the Potomac, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 158, Confederate unknown [42] Inconclusive
April 6 Sayler's Creek, Virginia Union Army of the Potomac, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 1,148, Confederate 7,700 [43] Union victory
April 6 Rice's Station, Virginia Union Army of the Potomac, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 66, Confederate unknown [44] Union victory
April 6–7 High Bridge, Virginia Union Army of the Potomac, Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 847, Confederate 100 [45] Inconclusive
April 7 Cumberland Church, Virginia Union Army of the Potomac and Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 571, Confederate unknown [46] Confederate victory
April 8 Appomattox Station, Virginia Union Army of the Potomac and Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 48, Confederate 1,000 captured unknown killed and wounded [47] Union victory
April 9 Dingle's Mill, South Carolina Union expedition, Department of the South and Confederate militia and regularsUnion unknown, Confederate unknown [48] Union victory
April 9 Appomattox Court House, Virginia Union Armies of the Potomac, the James, and the Shenandoah and Confederate Army of Northern VirginiaUnion 164, Confederate 500 [49] Decisive Union victory
April 10Moccasin Creek, North CarolinaUnion XX Corps, Army of Georgia, Confederate Army of TennesseeUnion 7, Confederate unknown [50]
April 12Stalling's Station and Swift Creek, North CarolinaCavalry from Union Military Division of the West and Confederate Army of Tennesseeunknown [51]
April 13 Morrisville, North Carolina Cavalry from Union Military Division of the West and Confederate Army of Tennesseeunknown [52] Union victory
April 16 West Point, Georgia Union Wilson's Cavalry Corps and Confederate militia and artillerymenUnion 36, Confederate 264 [53] Union victory
April 18 Boykin's Mill, South Carolina Union expedition, Department of the South and Confederate militiaUnion 2, Confederate unknown [54] Union victory
May 6 Waynesville, North Carolina Confederate Thomas' Legion, Union 2nd North Carolina Mounted Rifles unknown [55]
May 12–13 Battle of Palmito Ranch, Texas Union Department of the Gulf and Confederate Department of the Trans-Mississippi, Subdistrict of the Rio GrandeUnion 30, Confederate 6-7 [56] Confederate victory
May 26Sea of Okhotsk, near RussiaCSS ShenandoahCapture of Union whaling ship [57]
June 22–23Bering Sea, near the coast of AlaskaCSS ShenandoahCapture of seven U.S. whaling ships [58]
June 26Bering Sea, near the coast of AlaskaCSS ShenandoahCapture of six U.S. whaling ships. [59]
June 28East Cape Bay, AlaskaCSS ShenandoahCapture of eleven U.S. whaling ships [60]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Fonvielle, pp. 294–296, 302.
  2. ↑ Fonvielle, pp. 314–316.
  3. ↑ Fonvielle, pp. 332, 341, 345.
  4. ↑ Fonvielle, pp. 359, 382, 428.
  5. ↑ Calkins, pp. 29–36, 43–53.
  6. ↑ Calkins, pp. 63, 75, 86–91, 171–179.
  7. ↑ Hughes, pp. 1–5, 21–22.
  8. ↑ Hughes, pp. 34, 38.
  9. ↑ Hughes, pp. 148, 163–165, 209–211.
  10. ↑ Bradley, pp. 27–28, 39–40, 55–64.
  11. ↑ Bradley, pp. 81, 121, 215–217.
  12. ↑ Trudeau, pp. 10–13, 258–259.
  13. ↑ Trudeau, pp. 6, 178–179, 184.
  14. ↑ Trudeau, pp. 259–261.
  15. ↑ Trudeau, pp. 340–341, 360.
  16. ↑ Trudeau, pp. 369–370.
  17. ↑ Smith, p. 154.
  18. ↑ Gragg, p. 235.
  19. ↑ Kennedy, p. 406.
  20. ↑ Kennedy, p. 373.
  21. ↑ Fonvielle, p. 411.
  22. ↑ Fonvielle, pp. 419–420.
  23. ↑ Kennedy, p. 324.
  24. ↑ Kennedy, p. 454.
  25. ↑ Kennedy, p. 406.
  26. ↑ Kennedy, p. 407.
  27. ↑ Kennedy, p. 407.
  28. ↑ Kennedy, p. 411.
  29. ↑ Bradley, pp. 34–35.
  30. ↑ Kennedy, p. 373.
  31. ↑ Kennedy, p. 455.
  32. ↑ Kennedy, p. 414.
  33. ↑ Kennedy, p. 413.
  34. ↑ Kennedy, p. 417.
  35. ↑ Trudeau, p. 4.
  36. ↑ Kennedy, p. 419.
  37. ↑ Kennedy, p. 455.
  38. ↑ Kennedy, p. 436.
  39. ↑ Kennedy, p. 423.
  40. ↑ Kennedy, p. 423.
  41. ↑ Kennedy, p. 424.
  42. ↑ Kennedy, p. 424.
  43. ↑ Kennedy, p. 427.
  44. ↑ Kennedy, p. 427.
  45. ↑ Kennedy, p. 428.
  46. ↑ Kennedy, p. 428.
  47. ↑ Kennedy, p. 429.
  48. ↑ Trudeua, p. 249.
  49. ↑ Kennedy, p. 452.
  50. ↑ Bradley, p. 86.
  51. ↑ Bradley, p. 106.
  52. ↑ Bradley, pp. 128–129.
  53. ↑ Trudeau, pp. 252–254.
  54. ↑ Trudeau, p. 250.
  55. ↑ Crow, p. 45.
  56. ↑ Kennedy, p. 438.
  57. ↑ Trudeau, p. 367.
  58. ↑ Trudeau, p. 367.
  59. ↑ Trudeau, p. 368.
  60. ↑ Trudeau, p. 368.

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