CIVIL WAR BATTLES IN ALABAMA
Blakeley Battlefield Confederate Earthworks
Battles Arranged By County. Map of Alabama's Counties: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/maps/alabama_map.html
Baldwin County
Battle of Blakeley- April 2-9 1865
Battle of Spanish Fort- March 27-April 8 1865
CSS Florida Runs Union Blockade into Mobile- Septermber 4 1862
Fish River Expedition- September 9-11 1864
Battle of Mobile Bay- August 5 1864
Fort Morgan Surrender- August 23 1864
Bibb County
- Scottsville Skirmish- April 2 1865
Bibb Naval Furnace Attack
Blount County - Battle of Blountsville- May 1 1863
Calhoun County
- Battle of Ten Island Ford- July 14 1864
Ladiga Skirmish- October 28 1864
Chambers County - Battle of Fort Tyler- April 16 1865
Cherokee County - Cedar Bluff Surrender (Streight’s Cavalry)- May 3 1863
Chilton County
- Battle of Ebenezer Church- April 1 1865
Battle of Maplesville- April 1 1865
Colbert County - Bear Creek Expedition- April 12-13 1862
Battle of Tuscumbia- April 16 1862
Battle of Raccoon Ford- October 30 1864
Conecuh County - Evergreen Engagement- March 24 1865
Cullman County - Battle of Hog Mountain- April 30 1863
Battle of Crooked Creek- April 30 1863
Battle of Day’s Gap- April 30 1863
Dale County
Battle of Newton- March 1865
Dallas County - Battle of Plantersville- April 2 1865
Battle of Selma- April 2 1865
DeKalb County - Elrod’s Tan Yard Skirmish- January 27 1865
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- Battle of Sand Mountain- April 30 1863
Elmore County - Wetumpka Skirmish- April 15 1865
Escambia County - Pollard Expedition- December 17 1864
Etowah County - Battle of Gadsden- May 2 1863
Franklin County - Russellville Skirmish- December 31 1864
Greene County - Battle of Lanier’s Mill- April 6 1865
Jackson County
- Battle of Bridgeport- August 27 1862
Battle of West Bridge- April 29 1862
Scottsboro Skirmish- January 9 1865
Boyd’s Station Expedition- March 15-18 1865
Jefferson County - Elyton Skirmish- March 28 1865
Tannehill Ironworks Attacked- March 31, 1865
Irondale Furnace Attacked-
Lauderdale County - Battle of Florence- February 8 1862
Shoal Creek Skirmish- November 16-20 1864
Centre Star Skirmish- May 18 1864
Lawrence County - Battle of Town Creek- April 28 1863
Fletcher’s Ferry Skirmish- May 18 1864
- Battle of Moulton- May 29 1864
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- Pound Spring Action- June 29 1864
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- Lee County
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- Auburn Skirmish- July 18 1864
Opelika Skirmish- July 16 1864
Limestone County Battle of Sulphur Trestle- September 25 1864
Battle of Athens- September 25 1864
Lowndes County
Lowndesboro Skirmish- April 10 1865
Macon County
- Battle of Chehaw Station- July 18 1864
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- Tuskegee Skirmish- April 14 1865
Madison County - Battle of Huntsville- April 11 1862
Madison Station Action- May 17 1864
Triana Reconnaissance- April 12-15 1864
New Market Skirmish- October 12 1863
Harrison’s Gap Skirmish- April 21 1864
Marshall County - Guntersville Expedition- July 27-30 1862
Mobile County - Battle of Mobile Bay- August 5 1864
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- Fort Gaines Surrender- August 8 1864
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- Fort Powell Surrender- August 5 1864
Mount Vernon Arsenal Seizure- January 4 1861
Citronelle Surrender- May 4 1865
Montgomery County - Montgomery Evacuation- April 12 1865
Morgan County - Battle of Decatur- April 13-18 1864
Pickens County
Battle of King’s Store- April 6 1865
Russell County
Battle of Girard- April 16 1865
Saint Clair County
Battle of Ten Islands Ford-July 14 1864
Shelby County - Battle of Montevallo- March 31 1865
Talladega County
Battle of Talladega- April 15 1864
Battle of Munford- April 21 1865
Tuscaloosa County - Tuscaloosa Occupation- April 3-4 1865
Burning of the University of Alabama- April 3-4 1865
Northport Skirmish- April 3 1865
Battle of Trion- April 1 1865
Battle of Romulus- April 6 1865
SOURCES
The Civil War in Alabama: A Directory of Battle Sites During the Years 1861-1865
The Confederate Alabama Reader by Malcolm C. McMillian
Tannehill and the Growth of the Alabama Iron Industry: Including the Civil War in West Alabama by James R. Bennett
Seeing Historic Alabama by Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton and Jacqueline A. Matte
Copyright (c) 2001 Frederick Bush
