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The Theaters of Operations

The Theaters of Operations. Eastern, Western, Trans-Mississippi Theaters. Eastern Theater.

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The Theaters of Operations

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  1. The Theaters of Operations Eastern, Western, Trans-Mississippi Theaters

  2. Eastern Theater The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War included the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and the coastal fortifications and seaports of North Carolina. It was launched by the Union Army of the Potomac to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.

  3. Battles of the Eastern Theater include: • Battle of Fort Sumter (SC) April 12-14, 1861 • Battle of Philippi (VA) June 3, 1861 • Battle of Big Bethel (VA) June 10, 1861 • The First Battle of Bull Run (VA) July 21, 1861 • Battle of Ball’s Bluff (VA) October 21, 1861 • The Trent Affair (at Sea) November 8, 1861 • Battle of Hampton Roads (VA) March 8-9, 1862 • First Battle of Kernstown (VA) March 23, 1862 • Seige of Yorktown (VA) April 5, 1862 • Battle of Fort Pulaski (GA) April 10-11, 1862 • Battle of McDowell (VA) May 8, 1862 • Battle of Seven Pines (VA) May 31, 1862 • Battle of Cross Keys (VA) June 8, 1862 • Battle of Port Republic (VA) June 9, 1862 • Battle of Beaver Dam Creek (VA) June 26, 1862 • Battle of Gaines’ Mill (VA) June 27, 1862 • Battle of Savage’s Station (VA) June 29, 1862

  4. Battle of Glendale (Frayser’s Farm) (VA) June 30, 1862 • Battle of Malvern Hill (VA) July 1, 1862 • Battle of Cedar Mountain (VA) August 9, 1862 • Second Battle of Manassas (VA) August 28-20, 1862 • Battle of Chantilly (VA) September 1, 1862 • Battle of Harper’s Ferry (VA) September 12-15, 1862 • Battle of South Mountain (MD) September 15, 1862 • Battle of Antietam (MD) September 17, 1862 • The Battle of Fredericksburg (VA) December 13, 1862 • Battle of Chancellorsville (VA) May 1-6, 1863 • Battle of Brandy Station (VA) June 9, 1863 • Battle of Gettysburg (PA) July 1-3, 1863 • Battle of Gettysburg: Pickett’s Charge (PA) July 3, 1863 • Battles of Fort Wagner (SC) July 11 and 18, 1863 • Bristoe Campaign (VA) October 13-November 7, 1863 • Mine Run Campaign (VA) November 26-December 2, 1863 • Submarine H.L. Hunley Sinks USS Housatonic (SC) February 16, 1864

  5. Battle of Olustee (FL) February 20, 1864 • Battle of the Wilderness (VA) May 5-7, 1864 • Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (VA) May 8-21, 1864 • Battle of Yellow Tavern (VA) May 11, 1864 • Battle of New Market (VA) May 11, 1864 • Battle of North Anna (VA) May 23-26, 1864 • Battle of Cold Harbor (VA) May 31-June 12, 1864 • Battle of Piedmont (VA) June 5, 1864 • Seige of Petersburg (VA) June 9, 1864-April 2, 1865 • Battle of Trevilian Station (VA) June 11-12, 1864 • Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road (VA) June 21-23, 1864 • Battle of Monocacy (MD) July 9, 1864 • Second Battle of Kernstown (VA) July 24, 1864 • Battle of the Crater (VA) July 30, 1864 • Battle of Globe Tavern (VA) August 18-21, 1864 • Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon) (VA) September 19, 1864 • Battle of Cedar Creek (VA) October 19, 1864 • Second Battle of Fort Fisher (NC) January 13-15, 1865 • Battle of Fort Stedman (VA) March 25, 1865

  6. Battle of Five Forks (VA) April 1, 1865 • Battle of Sayler's Creek (Sailor's Creek) (VA) April 6, 1865 • Petersburg and Appomattox (VA) April 9, 1865

  7. Western Theater The Western Theater was an area defined by both geography and the sequence of campaigning. It originally represented the area east of the Mississippi River and west of the Appalachian Mountains. It excluded operations against the Gulf Coast and the Eastern Seaboard, but as the war progressed and William Tecumseh Sherman's Union armies moved southeast from Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1864 and 1865, the definition of the theater expanded to encompass their operations in Georgia and the Carolinas.

  8. Battles of the Western Theater include: • Battle of Wilson’s Creek (MO) August 10, 1861 • Battle of Belmont (MO) November 7, 1861 • Battle of Mill Springs (KY) January 19, 1862 • Battle of Fort Henry (TN) February 6, 1862 • Battle of Fort Donelson (TN) February 11-16, 1862 • Battle of Shiloh (TN) April 6-7, 1862 • Great Locomotive Chase (GA) April 12, 1862 • Capture of New Orleans (LA) April 24-25, 1862 • Battle of Memphis (TN) June 6, 1862 • Battle of Iuka (MS) September 19, 1862 • Second Battle of Corinth (MS) October 3-4, 1862 • Battle of Perryville (KY) October 8, 1862 • Battle of Chickasaw Bayou (MS) December 26-29, 1862 • Battle of Stones River (TN) December 31-January 2, 1863 • Vicksburg Campaign (MS) Fall 1862- July 4, 1863 • Battle of Raymond (MS) May 12, 1863 • Seige of Vicksburg (MS) May 18-July 4, 1863 • Battle of Champion Hill (MS) May 16, 1863

  9. Battle of Big Black River Bridge (MS) May 17, 1863 • Siege of Port Hudson (LA) May 21-July 9, 1863 • Morgan’s Raid (TN, KY, IN, OH) June 11-July 26, 1863 • Battle of Chickamauga (GA) September 18-20, 1863 • Battle of Chattanooga (TN) November 23-25, 1863 • Battle of Resaca (GA) May 13-15, 1864 • Battle of Brice's Cross Roads (MS) June 10, 1864 • Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (GA) June 27, 1864 • Battle of Peachtree Creek (GA) July 20, 1864 • Battle of Atlanta (GA) July 22, 1864 • Battle of Ezra Church (GA) July 28, 1864 • Battle of Mobile Bay (AL) August 5, 1864 • Battle of Jonesboro (Jonesborough) (GA) August 31-September 1, 1864 • Sherman's March to the Sea (GA) November 15-December 22, 1864 • Battle of Spring Hill (TN) November 29, 1864 • Battle of Franklin (TN) November 30, 1864 • Battle of Nashville (TN) December 15-16, 1864 • Battle of Bentonville (NC) March 19-21, 1865

  10. Trans-Mississippi Theater The Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War comprised the major military and naval operations west of the Mississippi River. The area excluded the states and territories bordering the Pacific Ocean, which formed the Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War.

  11. Battle of the Trans-Mississippi Theater include: • Battle of Valverde (NM) February 21, 1862 • Battle of Pea Ridge (AR) March 7-8, 1862 • Battle of Glorieta Pass (NM) March 26-28, 1862 • Battle of Arkansas Post (AR) January 9-11, 1863 • Battle of Mansfield (LA) April 8, 1864 • Battle of Westport (MO) October 23, 1864 http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/civilwar/a/civilwarbattles.htm

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