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Civil War Battles for the Year 1865

January 1865Febuary 1865March 1865April 1865May 1865June 1865
= American Victory / = Confederate Victory / = Draw / (X) = Occupied Without Fight
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JANUARY OF 1865

1st, Bentonville, Arkansas

2nd, Franklin, Tennesse

2nd, Lexington, Tennesse

3rd, near Hardeeville, South Carolina

3rd, near Mechanicsburg, Mississippi

4th, Thorn Hill, Alabama

4th, The Ponds, Mississippi

6th, Huntsville, Arkansas

7th, Julesburg, CO Territory

7th, Johnson County, Arkansas

7th, Valley Station, CO Territory

8th, near Ivey's Ford, Arkansas

8th, Dove Creek/ Concho River, Texas


9th, Texas County, Missouri

9th, near Disputanta Station, Virginia

10th, near Glasgow, Missouri

11th, Beverly, West Virginia

11th, near Lexington, Missouri

12th, Sugar Loaf Prairie, Arkansas


14th, Pocotaligo, South Carolina

14th, Overland Stage Road, CO Territory



16th, Madison County, Arkansas

18th, near Lovettsville, Virginia

18th, Clarksville, Arkansas

19th, Corinth, Mississippi

20th, Point of Rocks/ Nine Mile Bridge, Kansas

22nd, Benton Road/ near Little Rock, Arkansas


23rd, Thompson's Plantation, Louisiana

24th, Fayetteville, Arkansas

24th, Bayou Goula, Louisiana

25th, Simpsonville, Kentucky

25th, near Powhatan, Virginia

26th, near Pocotaligo, South Carolina

26th, Paint Rock, Alabama

27th, Elrod's Tanyard, Alabama

27th, CSS Scorpian captured

27th, Ennis' Cross Roads, South Carolina

28th, Athens, Tennesse

28th, Combahee River, South Carolina


29th, Harrodsburg, Kentucky

29th, Robertsville, South Carolina

29th, near Harrodsburg, Kentucky

29th, Danville, Kentucky

30th, La Fayette County, Missouri

30th, near Lawtonville, South Carolina

30th, Chaplintown, Kentucky

FEBRUARY OF 1865

1st, Hickory Hill, South Carolina

1st, McLemore's Cove, Tennesse

1st, Whippy Swamp Creek, South Carolina

1st, St. Andrews Bay, Florida

2nd, St. John's River, Florida

2nd, Lawtonville, South Carolina

2nd, Barker's Mill/ Whippy Swamp, South Carolina

2nd, Duck Branch/ Lopers' Cross Roads, South Carolina

2nd, Rivers' Bridge/ Salkehatchie River, South Carolina

2nd, Broxton's Bridge/ Salkehatchie River, South Carolina


3rd, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia


3rd, Dillingham's Cross Roads, South Carolina

3rd, Ladd's House/ Hog Jaw Valley, Alabama


4th, Angley's Post Office, South Carolina

4th, Buford's Bridge, South Carolina

5th, Duncanville, South Carolina

5th, Combahee Ferry, South Carolina

5th, Charles Town, West Virginia

5th, Braddock's Farm/ near Welaka, Florida

5th, near McMinnville, Tennesse


6th, Fishburn's Plantation, South Carolina

6th, Cowpen Ford/ near Barnwell, South Carolina

6th, Corn's Farm, Tennesse

7th, Blackville, South Carolina

7th, Edisto River Bridge, South Carolina

8th, Williston, South Carolina

8th, White Pond/ Walker's Bridge, South Carolina

8th, Cannon's Bridge/ South Edisto River, South Carolina

8th, New Market, Kentucky

8th, Bradfordsville, Kentucky

8th-9th, North Platte River, CO Territory

9th, near Memphis, Tennesse

9th, Binnaker's Bridge/ South Edisto River, South Carolina

9th, Holman's Bridge/ South Edisto River, South Carolina

10th, Johnson's Crook, Georgia

10th, James Island, South Carolina

10th, Johnson's Station, South Carolina

10th, Kittredge's Sugar House/ Napoleanville, Louisiana

10th, Friar's Point, Mississippi

10th, near Triune, Tennesse


11th, Williamsburg, Virginia

11th, Johnson's Station, South Carolina

11th, near Sugar Loaf, South Carolina

11th, Battery Simkins, South Carolina

11th, Orangeburg, South Carolina

11th, Clear Creek, Arkansas

11th, near Pine Bluff, Arkansas

12th, near Columbia, Missouri

12th, Orangeburg Bridge, South Carolina

12th, Macon, South Carolina

12th, Lewisburg, Arkansas

12th, Waterloo, Alabama



13th, Station Four, Florida

13th, Mississippi County, Missouri

14th, Wolf's Plantation, South Carolina

14th, North Edisto River, South Carolina

15th, Congaree Creek, Virginia

15th, Savannah Creek, South Carolina

15th, Bates' Ferry/ Congaree River, South Carolina

15th, Red Bank Creek, South Carolina

15th, Two League Cross Roads, South Carolina


16th, Sweet Water, Tennesse

16th, Athens, Tennesse

16th, Bennett's Bayou, Arkansas

16th, Tolbert's Mill, Arkansas

16th, Gurley's Tank, Alabama

16th, Cedar Keys, Florida

17th, Fort Buchanan, AZ

17th, Washington County, Arkansas

17th, near Smithville, North Carolina

18th, Orton Pond, North Carolina

18th, Fort Jones/ near Colesburg, Kentucky

18th-19th, Fort Anderson, North Carolina

19th, Town Creek, North Carolina

19th, Eastport, Mississippi

19th, Russellville, Alabama

19th, Tuscumbia, Alabama

20th, Fort Myers, Florida

20th, Centre Creek, Missouri

21st, Fort Strong, North Carolina

21st, Eagle Island, North Carolina

21st, Cumberland, Maryland

22nd, near Camden, South Carolina

22nd, Rocky Mount, South Carolina


22nd, Wareree River, South Carolina

22nd, Smith's Creek, North Carolina

22nd, Northeast Ferry, North Carolina

24th, Camden, South Carolina

24th, Switzler's Mill, Missouri

25th, Camden, South Carolina (X)

25th, West's Cross Roads, South Carolina

25th, Piketon, Kentucky

26th, Lynch's Creek, South Carolina

26th, near Stroud's Mill, South Carolina

27th, near Mount Elon, South Carolina

27th, Cloud's House, South Carolina

27th, near Sturgeon, Missouri

27th, Spring Place, Georgia

28th, Cheraw, South Carolina

28th, near Rocky Mount, South Carolina

MARCH OF 1865

1st, Wilson's Store, South Carolina

1st, near Philadelphia, Tennesse

1st, near Mount Crawford, Virginia

2nd, Stauton, Virginia (X)


2nd, Chesterfield, South Carolina

2nd, Thompson's Creek, South Carolina

2nd, Athens, Alabama

3rd, Cheraw, South Carolina

3rd, Thompson's Creek, South Carolina

3rd, Big Black Creek, South Carolina

3rd, near Tunnel Hill, Georgia

3rd, Charlottesville, Virginia (X)

3rd, near Hornsborough, South Carolina

3rd, Blakeny's, South Carolina

3rd, Decatur, Alabama

4th, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

4th, Phillip's Cross Roads, North Carolina

4th, East River Bridge, Florida


5th, near Cheraw, South Carolina

5th, Newport Bridge, Florida



7th, Fort Larned, Kansas

7th, Elyton, Alabama

7th, near Flint Hill, Virginia



8th, Love's (Blue's) Bridge, South Carolina

8th, Jackson County, Tennesse

8th, Duguidsville, Virginia

8th, Poison Creek, Idaho Territory

9th, Columbia, Virginia (X)


9th, Howard's Mills, Kentucky

9th, Solemn Grove, North Carolina


10th, near Fayetteville, North Carolina

10th, near Boyd's Station, Alabama


11th, Goochland Court House, Virginia

11th, near Little Blue River, Missouri

11th, Washington, Arkansas

12th, near Peach Grove, Virginia

12th, Morganza Bend, Louisiana

12th, Lone Jack, Missouri


13th, Fayetteville, North Carolina

13th, Beaver Dam Station, Virginia

13th, near Charles Town, West Virginia

13th, near Dalton, Georgia

14th, Kinston, North Carolina (X)

14th, South Anna Bridge, Virginia

14th, Woodstock, Virginia

14th, near Dalton, Georgia

15th, near Smith's Mills, Virginia

15th, South River, Virginia

15th, Boyd's Station, Alabama

15th, Stevenson's Gap, Alabama


16th, Montrose, Virginia

17th, Falling Creek, North Carolina

18th, near Drainesville, Virginia

18th, Mingo Creek, North Carolina

18th, Bushy Swamp, North Carolina

18th, near Benton's Cross Roads, North Carolina

18th, Livingston, Tennesse

18th, Amite River, Louisiana

19th, White House, Virginia

19th, Neuse River Bridge, North Carolina

19th, near Cox's Bridge, North Carolina

19th, Celina, Tennesse

19th, Welaka, Florida

19th, Saunders, Florida


20th, near Falling Creek, North Carolina

20th, Ringgold, Georgia

20th, Talbot's Ferry, Arkansas

21st, Goldsborogh, North Carolina (X)

22nd, Mill Creek, North Carolina

22nd, Hannah's Creek, North Carolina

22nd, Black Creek, North Carolina

22nd, near Patterson's Creek Station, West Virginia

22nd, Celina, Tennesse

22nd, Stephenson's Mills, Missouri

23rd, Cox's Bridge/ Neuse River, North Carolina

23rd, near Dannelly's Mills, Alabama

24th, near Moccasin Creek, North Carolina

24th, near Dannelly's Mills, Alabama

24th, Evergreen, Alabama

24th, near Rolla, Missouri


25th, Bluff Spring, Florida

25th, Deer Park Road, Alabama

25th, Cotton Creek, Florida

25th, Mitchell's (Canoe) Creek, Florida

25th, Escambia River, Florida

25th, Brawley Forks, Tennesse

25th, Glasgow, Kentucky

25th, Watkins House, Virginia

25th, Fort Fisher, Virginia


26th, Pollard, Alabama (X)

26th, Muddy Creek, Alabama

26th, Bath County, Kentucky

27th, Muddy Creek, Alabama



28th, near Elyton, Alabama

28th, near Snow Hill, North Carolina

28th, Boone, North Carolina

28th, Germantown, Tennesse


29th, Wilkesborough, North Carolina



29th, Quaker Road/ Boydton Road, Virginia

29th, Vaughan Road/ near Hatcher's Run, Virginia

29th, USS osage sunk

29th, Waynesville, Missouri

29th, Blackwater River, Kentucky

29th, Mosely Hall, North Carolina


30th, near Five Forks, Virginia

30th, Montevallo, Alabama

30th, near Patterson's Creek, West Virginia




31st, Montevallo, Alabama

31st, Asbyville, Alabama (X)

31st, Six Mile Creek, Alabama



31st, Crow's House, Virginia

31st, Hatcher's Run/ Boydton Road, Virginia

31st, near Six Mile Creek, Alabama

31st, Magnolia, Tennesse

31st, Gulley's, North Carolina

31st, Hookertown, North Carolina

APRIL OF 1865

1st, Five Forks, Virginia
1st, Trion, Alabama
1st, Maplesville, Alabama
1st, Snow Hill, North Carolina
1st, near Randolph, Alabama
1st, Plantersville, Alabama
1st, Ebenezer Church, Alabama
1st, Centreville, Alabama
1st, White Oak Creek, Tennesse
1st, near Blakely, Alabama
1st, USS Rodolph sunk
2nd, Petersburg (Third), Virginia
2nd, Ebanezer Church/ Selma, Alabama
2nd, Hill's Plantation, Arkansas
2nd, Sutherland's Station, Virginia
2nd, Fort Gregg, Virginia
2nd, Gravelly Ford, Virginia
2nd, Scott's Cross Roads, Virginia
2nd, near Goldsborough, North Carolina
2nd, Van Buren, Arkansas
2nd, Hickory Station, Arkansas
2nd-9th, Fort Blakely, Alabama
3rd, Namozine Church, Virginia
3rd, Surrender of Richmond
3rd, Willicomack Creek, Virginia
3rd, Hillsville, North Carolina
3rd, Mount Pleasant, Tennesse
3rd, Hillsville, Virginia
3rd, near Farmington, Missouri
3rd- 4th, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
4th, Beaver Pond Creek, Virginia
4th, Amelia Court House, Virginia
5th, Cowpen Landing, North Carolina
5th, Amilia Springs, Virginia
5th, USS Mystic destroyed
5th, Paine's Cross Roads, Virginia
5th, Maple Cypress, North Carolina
6th, Sayler's Creek, Virginia
6th, Rice's Station, Virginia
6th, High Bridge, Virginia
6th, Sipsey, Alabama
6th, Wytheville, Virginia
6th, Charles Town, West Virginia
6th, near Lanier's Mills, Alabama
6th, King's Store, Alabama
7th, Cumberland Church, Virginia
7th, Farmville, Virginia
7th, USS Minquas destroyed
7th, Fike's Ferry/ Cahawba River, Alabama
8th, Appotamox Station, Virginia
8th, Martinsville, North Carolina
9th, Appotamox Court House, Virginia (Gen. Robert E. Lee Surrender)
9th, Fort Blakely, Alabama
9th, Dingle's Mill, South Carolina
10th, Smithfield, North Carolina
10th, Moccassin Swamp (Creek), North Carolina
10th, Lowndesborough, Alabama
10th, Burke's Station, Virginia
10th, Arundel's Farm, Virginia
10th, Benton, Alabama
10th, Boonville, North Carolina
10th, Nahunta Station, North Carolina
11th, Shallow Ford, North Carolina
11th, Pikeville, North Carolina
11th, near Mocksville, North Carolina
11th, Crystal River, Florida
11th, Montgomery, Alabama
11th, Smithfield, North Carolina
11th, near Beulah, North Carolina
11th, Pikeville, North Carolina
11th, St. Charles, Arkansas
12th, Montgomery, Alabama (X)
12th, Grant's Creek, North Carolina
12th, Salisbury, North Carolina
12th, near Raleigh, North Carolina
12th, Swift Creek, North Carolina
13th, near Raleigh, North Carolina
13th, Wetumpka, Alabama
13th, Morrisville, North Carolina
13th, Whistler (Eight Mile Creek) Bridge, Alabama
13th, USS Ida sunk
14th, Washington, D.C. (Lincoln Assassination)
14th, near Tuskegee, Alabama
14th, Durham Station, North Carolina
14th, Mount Pleasant, Tennesse
14th, near Morrisville, North Carolina
14th, Sander's Farm, North Carolina
15th, McKenzie's Creek/ near Patterson, Missouri
15th, New Hope Church, North Carolina
15th, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina
16th, Fort Tyler, Alabama
16th, Columbus, Georgia (X)
16th, West Point, Georgia (X)
16th, Crawford, Alabama
16th, Opelika, Alabama
16th, Girard, Alabama
17th, Columbus, Georgia
17th, CSS Muscogee (Jackson) destroyed
17th, Catawba River/ near Morgantown, North Carolina
18th, Double Bridges/ Flint River, Georgia
18th, Boykin's Mill/ Swift Creek, South Carolina
18th, Pleasant Hill, Georgia
18th, near Germantown, Tennesse
18th, Taylorsville, Kentucky
19th, near Barnesville, Georgia
20th, Macon, Georgia (X)
20th, near Spring Hill, Georgia
20th, Mimms Mills/ Tobesofkee Creek, Georgia
20th, Rocky Creek Bridge, Alabama
20th, Montpelier Springs, Alabama
21st, Millwood, Virginia ( Maj. J. S. Mosby Disbands)
22nd, Talladega, Alabama (X)
22nd, Buzzard Roost, Georgia
22nd, Howard's Gap, North Carolina
22nd, near Linn Creek, Missouri
22nd, Big Gravois River, Missouri
23rd, Munford's Station, Alabama
23rd, near Hendersonville, North Carolina
23rd, near Fort Zarah, Kansas
24th, Miami, Missouri
24th, CSS Webb destroyed
24th, near Boggy Depot, Oklahoma
24th, near Miami, Missouri
25th, Linn Creek, Missouri
26th, Garrett Farm, Virginia (John W. Booth Killed)
26th, Durham, North Carolina (Gen. Joseph E. Johnston Surrender)
26th, Hendersonville, North Carolina
27th, Mississippi River, Tennesse (Sultana Disaster)
27th, near James Creek, Missouri
29th, Lyon County, Kentucky

May OF 1865

3rd, Boonville, Missouri
3rd, Pleasant Hill, Missouri
4th, Wetumpka, Alabama
4th, Star House/ Lexington, Missouri
4th, Citronelle, Alabama ( Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor Surrender )
5th, Summersville, Georgia
5th, Perche Hills, Missouri
7th, Kingsville, Missouri
8th, near Readsville, Missouri
9th, Gainesville, Alabama ( Lt. Gen. Forrest Disbands )
10th, Taylorsville, Kentucky
10th, Tallahassee, Florida ( Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones Surrender )
10th, Irwinsville, Georgia ( President Jefferson Davis Captured )
11th, Chalk Bluff, Arkansas (Brig. Gen. M. Jeff Thompson surrenders)
13th, Palmetto Ranch, Texas
14th, Little Piney River, Missouri
20th, Longwood, Missouri
19th, CSS Stonewall surrenders
20th, Blackwater River/ near Longwood, Missouri
20th, Deer Creek, SD
22nd, Valley Mines, Missouri
23rd, near Waynesville, Missouri
24th, near Rocheport, Missouri
25th, Mobile (Explosion), Alabama
26th, Crook River, Missouri
26th, New Orleans, Louisiana (Gen. E. Kirby Smith Surrender)
27th, Chariton County, Missouri
27th, Switzler's Mill, Missouri

June OF 1865

23rd, Doaksville, Oklahoma ( Gen. Stand Watie Surrender )
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