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11 - 16 February
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Battle of Fort Donelson: Victory for Northern forces under the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant means that it is unlikely that Kentucky will join the Confederacy
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6 April
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Battle of Shiloh: Confederate forces attack the army of Ulysses S. Grant. 26,000 are killed or wounded, a higher number than all previous American wars added together
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25 April - 1 May
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New Orleans, largest port of the South, is taken back for the North by David Farragut's ships
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25 June - 1 July
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Seven Days Battle: Lee attacks Northern forces near Richmond, and they are forced back to Washington. Seen as a failure for McClellan
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9 September
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Battle of Antietam: One of the major battles of the war. The armies of both Lee and McClellan fight once more with over 25,000 casualties on the first day
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8 October
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Battle of Perryville: Success for the Union, after the Confederate army under Braxton Bragg tries to attack Kentucky. This is one of the first battles in which many American Welsh from Ohio take part. Around 6,000 casualties
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7 Novemebr
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Lincoln appoints Ambrose E. Burnside as commander of all the armies - he was tired of McClellan's lack of progress
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13 December
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Battle of Fredericksburg: General Burnside loses to the Confederates. 14 separate attacks on Marie's Heights - 12,653 men lost
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29 Rhagfyr
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Battle of Murfreesboro: As the North goes after Braxton Bragg's new army. Fierce fighting for a day, with the North victorious
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1861 
