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- American Revolution, 1775-1783 (1)
- War of 1812 (5)
- U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865 (90)
- Johnston Assumes Command of Confederate States troops at Harper's Ferry, 1861 (1)
- Confederate States of America Formed, 1861 (1)
- First Battle of Fort Sumter, SC, April 12, 1861 (1)
- Operations in Western Virginia, June-December 1861 (1)
- Battle of Big Bethel, VA, June 10, 1861 (6)
- Manassas Campaign, July, 1861 (1)
- Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA, July 18, 1861 (5)
- First Battle of Manassas, VA, July 21, 1861 (24)
- Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, NC, August 28-29, 1861 (3)
- Battle of Ball's Bluff, VA, October 21, 1861 (6)
- Battle of Port Royal Sound, SC, November 7, 1861 (3)
- Trent Affair, November 8, 1861-January 14, 1862 (3)
- Missouri Admitted to the Confederate States, November 28, 1861 (1)
- Kentucky Admitted to the Confederate States, December 10, 1861 (1)
- Battle of Camp Alleghany, WV, December 13, 1861 (1)
- Battle of Dranesville, VA, December 20, 1861 (2)
- Confederate Conscription Act of 1862 (2)
- General Simon Buckner Surrenders, New Orleans, LA, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Mill Springs, KY, January 19, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Fort Henry, TN, February 6, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Roanoke Island, NC, February 7-8, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Fort Donelson, TN, February 11-16, 1862 (7)
- Jackson's Valley Campaign, March-June, 1862 (9)
- Peninsular Campaign, VA, March-July, 1862 (16)
- Battle of Pea Ridge, AR, March 6-8, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Hampton Roads, VA, March 8-9, 1862 (4)
- Battle at Hampton Roads, VA, March 8-9, 1862 (6)
- Battle of New Bern, NC, March 14, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Kernstown I, VA, March 23, 1862 (6)
- Battle of Yorktown, VA, April 5-May 4, 1862 (12)
- Battle of Shiloh, TN, April 6, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, LA, April 18-28, 1862 (1)
- Battle of New Orleans, LA, April 28, 1862 (4)
- Battle of Williamsburg, VA, May 5, 1862 (7)
- Battle of Eltham's Landing, VA, May 7, 1862 (1)
- Battle of McDowell, VA, May 8, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA, May 15, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Winchester I, VA, May 25, 1862 (6)
- Battle of Hanover Court House, VA, May 27, 1862 (4)
- Battle of Seven Pines, VA, May 31-June 1, 1862 (17)
- Battle of Cross Keys, VA, June 8, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Port Republic, VA, June 9, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Secessionville, SC, June 16, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Oak Grove, VA, June 25, 1862 (4)
- Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, VA, June 26, 1862 (6)
- Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA, June 27, 1862 (14)
- Battle of Garnett's and Golding's Farms, VA, June 27–28, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Savage's Station, VA, June 29, 1862 (4)
- Battle of Glendale, VA, June 30, 1862 (5)
- Battle of White Oak Swamp, VA, June 30, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Malvern Hill, VA, July 1, 1862 (8)
- Northern Virginia Campaign, August, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Cedar Mountain, VA, August 9, 1862 (8)
- Battle of Catlett Station, VA, August 22, 1862 (1)
- First Battle of Rappahannock Station, VA, August 22-25, 1862 (6)
- Battle of Manassas Station Ops., VA, August 25 - 27, 1862 (2)
- Second Battle of Manassas, VA, August 29, 1862 (22)
- Maryland Campaign, September, 1862 (4)
- Battle of Chantilly, VA, September 1, 1862 (4)
- Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV, September 12-15, 1862 (4)
- Battle of South Mountain, MD, September 14, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Antietam, MD, September 17, 1862 (7)
- Emancipation Proclamation, U.S., September 22, 1862 (5)
- First Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, December 13, 1862 (21)
- Battle of Kinston, NC, December 14, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Goldsborough Bridge, NC, December 17, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Stones River, TN, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863 (2)
- Burnside's Mud March Failure, January, 1863 (2)
- Longstreet's Tidewater Operations, March-April, 1863 (2)
- Conscription Law Passed, United States, March 3, 1863 (2)
- Chancellorsville Campaign, April-May, 1863 (2)
- Bread Riot, Richmond, VA, April 2, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Charleston Harbor I, SC, April 7, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Suffolk - Hill's Point, VA, April 11 - May 4, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Grand Gulf, MS, April 29, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Snyder's Bluff, MS, April 29 - May 1, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Chancellorsville, VA, April 30-May 6, 1863 (25)
- Second Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, May 3, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Salem Church, VA, May 3-4, 1863 (2)
- Siege of Vicksburg, MS, May 5-July 4, 1863 (5)
- Stonewall Jackson Dies, Guiney's Station, VA, May 10, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Raymond, MS, May 12, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Jackson, MS, May 14, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Champion Hill, MS, May 16, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Big Black River Bridge, MS, May 17, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Port Hudson, LA, May 21-July 9, 1863 (3)
- Gettysburg Campaign, June-July, 1863 (10)
- Battle of Brandy Station, VA, June 9, 1863 (4)
- Battle of Winchester II, VA, June 13 - 15, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Upperville, VA, June 21, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Gettysburg, PA, July 1-3, 1863 (13)
- General John C. Pemberton Surrenders, Vicksburg, MS, July 4, 1863 (5)
- Battle of Fort Wagner, SC, July 10 - 11, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Grimball's Landing, SC, July 16, 1863 (1)
- Draft Riots, New York, NY, July 13-16, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Fort Wagner-Morris Island, SC, July 18-September 7, 1863 (1)
- Chickamauga Campaign, August-September, 1863 (1)
- Second Battle of Fort Sumter, SC, September 8, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Chickamauga, GA, September 18-20, 1863 (4)
- Bristoe Campaign, October-November, 1863 (5)
- First Battle of Auburn, VA, October 13, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Bristoe Station, VA, October 14, 1863 (7)
- Second Battle of Auburn, VA, October 14, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Buckland Mills, VA, October 19, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA, November 7, 1863 (1)
- Second Battle of Rappahannock Station, VA, November 7, 1863 (6)
- Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Chattanooga III, TN, November 23-25, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Lookout Mountain, TN, November 24, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Mine Run, VA, November 27-December 2, 1863 (12)
- Franklin-Nashville Campaign, TN, 1864 (2)
- Red River Campaign, LA, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Morton's Ford, VA, February 6 - 7, 1864 (5)
- Battle of Walkerton, VA, March 2, 1864 (10)
- Siege of Petersburg, VA, June 18, 1864-April 2, 1865 (2)
- Battle of Plymouth, NC, April 17 - 20, 1864 (2)
- Ulysses S. Grant Takes Commend of Union Forces, May 1864 (3)
- Grant's Overland Campaign, May-June, 1864 (7)
- Battle of Albemarle Sound, NC, May 5, 1864 (1)
- Battle of the Wilderness, VA, May 5-7, 1864 (23)
- Bermuda Hundred Campaign, VA, May 6-20, 1864 (5)
- Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, GA, May 7-13, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA, May 8-21, 1864 (19)
- Battle of Chester Station, VA, May 10, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA, May 11, 1864 (1)
- Battle of New Market, VA, May 15, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Ware Bottom Church, VA, May 20, 1864 (1)
- Battle of North Anna, VA, May 23 - 26, 1864 (10)
- Battle of Wilson's Wharf, VA, May 24, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Totopotomy Creek, VA, May 28-30, 1864 (3)
- Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, May 31-June 12, 1864 (13)
- Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, June 1864 - March 1865 (10)
- Battle of Piedmont, VA, June 5 - 6, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Petersburg I, VA, June 9, 1864 (4)
- Battle of Marietta, GA, June 9 - July 3, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Trevilian Station, VA, June 11 - 12, 1864 (1)
- Second Battle of Petersburg, VA, June 15-18, 1864 (10)
- Battle of Lynchburg, VA, June 17 - 18, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, VA, June 21 - 24, 1864 (6)
- Battle of Sappony Church, VA, June 28, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Ream's Station I, VA, June 29, 1864 (4)
- Battle of Monocacy, MD, July 9, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Fort Stevens, DC, July 11-12, 1864 (2)
- Siege of Atlanta, GA, July 22, 1864-September 2, 1864 (1)
- First Battle of Deep Bottom, TN, July 27-29, 1864 (4)
- Battle of the Crater, VA, July 30, 1864 (12)
- Sheridan's Valley Campaign, VA, August-October, 1864 (8)
- Battle of Mobile Bay, AL, August 5, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Moorefield, WV, August 7, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Deep Bottom II, VA, August 13 - 20, 1864 (6)
- Battle of Guard Hill, VA, August 16, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Globe Tavern, VA, August 18 - 21, 1864 (4)
- Battle of Summit Point, WV, August 21, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Ream's Station II, VA, August 25, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Smithfield Crossing, WV, August 25 - 29, 1864 (1)
- Atlanta Campaign, GA, May-September 1864 (3)
- Fall of Atlanta, GA, September 1-2, 1864 (3)
- Battle of Opequon, VA, September 19, 1864 (6)
- Battle of Fisher's Hill, VA, September 21-22, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, VA, September 29–30, 1864 (9)
- Battle of Peebles' Farm, VA, September 30 - October 2, 1864 (5)
- Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads, VA, October 7, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Tom's Brook, VA, October 9, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Darbytown Road, VA, October 13, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Cedar Creek, VA, October 19, 1864 (7)
- Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA, October 27 - 28, 1864 (6)
- Battle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, VA, Oct. 27-28, 1864 (1)
- Savannah Campaign, November-December, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Franklin II, TN, November 30, 1864 (1)
- First Battle of Fort Fisher, NC, December 7-27, 1864 (6)
- Sherman's March to the Sea, November 16-December 10, 1864 (6)
- Battle of Nashville, TN, December 15-16, 1864 (1)
- Sherman Occupies Savannah, GA, Dec 21, 1864 (1)
- Second Battle of Fort Fisher, NC, January 13-15, 1865 (3)
- Robert E. Lee Named General in Chief of the Confederate States Army, February 1865 (1)
- Carolinas Campaign, February-March, 1865 (4)
- Hampton Roads Peace Conference, February 1865 (2)
- Battle of Hatcher's Run, VA, February 5 - 7, 1865 (11)
- Appomattox Campaign, March-April, 1865 (4)
- Battle of Waynesboro, VA, March 2, 1865 (1)
- Battle of Fort Stedman, VA, March 25, 1865 (8)
- Battle of Lewis's Farm, VA, March 29, 1865 (4)
- Battle of Dinwiddie Court House, VA, March 31, 1865 (2)
- Battle of White Oak Road, VA, March 31, 1865 (3)
- Battle of Five Forks, VA, April 1, 1865 (6)
- Third Battle of Petersburg, VA, April 2, 1865 (10)
- Fall of Richmond, VA, April 3, 1865 (7)
- Battle of Sailor's Creek, VA, April 6, 1865 (4)
- Battle of Cumberland Church, VA, April 7, 1865 (1)
- Battle of Appomattox Station, VA, April 8, 1865 (2)
- Battle of Appomattox Courthouse, VA, April 9, 1865 (1)
- Robert E. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House, VA, April 9, 1865 (10)
- Abraham Lincoln, Assassination, Washington, DC, April 14, 1865 (5)
- Joseph E. Johnston Surrenders at Bennett Place, NC, April 26, 1865 (2)
- Jefferson Davis Arrested, Irwinville, GA, May 10, 1865 (1)
- Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877 (3)
- Abraham Lincoln, Assassination, Washington, DC, April 14, 1865 (1)
- Charleston, SC Earthquake, August 31, 1886 (1)
