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- American Revolution, 1775-1783 (4)
- War of 1812 (2)
- Harpers Ferry Raid, VA, October 16, 1859 (3)
- U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865 (171)
- South Carolina Secedes, December 20, 1860 (3)
- Johnston Assumes Command of Confederate States troops at Harper's Ferry, 1861 (1)
- Mississippi Secedes, January 9, 1861 (1)
- Alabama Secedes, January 11, 1861 (1)
- Georgia Secedes, January 19, 1861 (1)
- Louisiana Secedes, January 26, 1861 (1)
- Texas Secedes, February 1, 1861 (4)
- Confederate States of America Formed, 1861 (2)
- First Battle of Fort Sumter, SC, April 12, 1861 (8)
- Virginia Rejects Ordinance of Secession, April 17, 1861 (1)
- Virginia Secedes, April 17, 1861 (10)
- Baltimore Riot, April 19, 1861 (5)
- Federal Forces Evacuate Norfolk, Virginia, Navy Yard, April 20, 1861 (1)
- Arkansas Secedes, May 6-7, 1861 (1)
- Tennessee Secedes, May 6-7, 1861 (1)
- North Carolina Admitted to the Confederate States, May 20, 1861 (1)
- North Carolina Secedes, May 20, 1861 (2)
- Battle of Big Bethel, VA, June 10, 1861 (1)
- Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA, July 18, 1861 (3)
- First Battle of Manassas, VA, July 21, 1861 (16)
- Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, NC, August 28-29, 1861 (3)
- Operations in Eastern Kentucky, September-December 1861 (1)
- Battle of Ball's Bluff, VA, October 21, 1861 (5)
- Battle of Camp Wild Cat, KY, October 21, 1861 (1)
- Battle of Port Royal Sound, SC, November 7, 1861 (8)
- Trent Affair, November 8, 1861-January 14, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Dranesville, VA, December 20, 1861 (1)
- Confederate Conscription Act of 1862 (2)
- General Simon Buckner Surrenders, New Orleans, LA, 1862 (6)
- Battle of Mill Springs, KY, January 19, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Fort Henry, TN, February 6, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Roanoke Island, NC, February 7-8, 1862 (4)
- Battle of Fort Donelson, TN, February 11-16, 1862 (6)
- Battle of New Madrid, MO, February 28-April 8, 1862 (3)
- Jackson's Valley Campaign, March-June, 1862 (6)
- Peninsular Campaign, VA, March-July, 1862 (19)
- Battle of Pea Ridge, AR, March 6-8, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Hampton Roads, VA, March 8-9, 1862 (1)
- Battle at Hampton Roads, VA, March 8-9, 1862 (9)
- Battle of New Bern, NC, March 14, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Kernstown I, VA, March 23, 1862 (1)
- Siege of Fort Macon, NC, March 23-April 26, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Yorktown, VA, April 5-May 4, 1862 (14)
- Battle of Shiloh, TN, April 6, 1862 (5)
- Battle of Fort Pulaski, GA, April 10-11, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, LA, April 18-28, 1862 (8)
- Battle of New Orleans, LA, April 28, 1862 (11)
- First Battle of Corinth, MS, April 29-May 30, 1862 (5)
- Battle of Williamsburg, VA, May 5, 1862 (5)
- Battle of Eltham's Landing, VA, May 7, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA, May 15, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Front Royal, VA, May 23, 1862 (4)
- Battle of Winchester I, VA, May 25, 1862 (4)
- Battle of Hanover Court House, VA, May 27, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Seven Pines, VA, May 31-June 1, 1862 (12)
- Kentucky Campaign, June-October, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Memphis I, TN, June 6, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Cross Keys, VA, June 8, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Port Republic, VA, June 9, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Secessionville, SC, June 16, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Oak Grove, VA, June 25, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, VA, June 26, 1862 (4)
- Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA, June 27, 1862 (5)
- Battle of Garnett's and Golding's Farms, VA, June 27–28, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Savage's Station, VA, June 29, 1862 (4)
- Battle of Glendale, VA, June 30, 1862 (1)
- Battle of White Oak Swamp, VA, June 30, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Malvern Hill, VA, July 1, 1862 (8)
- Northern Virginia Campaign, August, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Baton Rouge, LA, August 5, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Cedar Mountain, VA, August 9, 1862 (6)
- First Battle of Rappahannock Station, VA, August 22-25, 1862 (7)
- Battle of Manassas Station Ops., VA, August 25 - 27, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, VA, August 28, 1862 (2)
- Second Battle of Manassas, VA, August 29, 1862 (15)
- Maryland Campaign, September, 1862 (5)
- Battle of Chantilly, VA, September 1, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV, September 12-15, 1862 (3)
- Battle of South Mountain, MD, September 14, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Antietam, MD, September 17, 1862 (8)
- Emancipation Proclamation, U.S., September 22, 1862 (7)
- Second Battle of Corinth, MS, October 3-4, 1862 (1)
- First Battle of Galveston, TX, October 4, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Perryville, KY, October 8, 1862 (1)
- Chambersburg Raid, PA, October 10-12, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Georgia Landing, LA, October 27, 1862 (3)
- Battle of Hartsville, TN, December 7, 1862 (1)
- First Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, December 13, 1862 (14)
- Battle of White Hall, NC, December 16, 1862 (1)
- Battle of Goldsborough Bridge, NC, December 17, 1862 (2)
- Battle of Stones River, TN, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863 (8)
- Burnside's Mud March Failure, January, 1863 (2)
- Second Battle of Galveston, TX, January 1, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Dover, TN, February 3, 1863 (2)
- Longstreet's Tidewater Operations, March-April, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Fort McAllister I, GA, March 3, 1863 (1)
- Conscription Law Passed, United States, March 3, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Thompson's Station, TN, March 5, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Vaught's Hill, TN, March 20, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Brentwood, TN, March 25, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Washington, NC, March 30 - April 20, 1863 (1)
- Chancellorsville Campaign, April-May, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Charleston Harbor I, SC, April 7, 1863 (7)
- Battle of Suffolk - Hill's Point, VA, April 11 - May 4, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Fort Bisland, LA, April 12 - 13, 1863 (4)
- Battle of Irish Bend, LA, April 14, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Vermillion Bayou, LA, April 17, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Grand Gulf, MS, April 29, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Snyder's Bluff, MS, April 29 - May 1, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Chancellorsville, VA, April 30-May 6, 1863 (22)
- Battle of Port Gibson, MS, May 1, 1863 (4)
- Second Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, May 3, 1863 (5)
- Battle of Salem Church, VA, May 3-4, 1863 (1)
- Siege of Vicksburg, MS, May 5-July 4, 1863 (21)
- Stonewall Jackson Dies, Guiney's Station, VA, May 10, 1863 (7)
- Battle of Raymond, MS, May 12, 1863 (4)
- Battle of Jackson, MS, May 14, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Champion Hill, MS, May 16, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Big Black River Bridge, MS, May 17, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Port Hudson, LA, May 21-July 9, 1863 (9)
- Gettysburg Campaign, June-July, 1863 (4)
- Battle of Brandy Station, VA, June 9, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Winchester II, VA, June 13 - 15, 1863 (4)
- Battle of LaFourche Crossing, LA, June 20 - 21, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Upperville, VA, June 21, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Hoover's Gap, TN, June 24 - 26, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Donaldsonville II, LA, June 28, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Gettysburg, PA, July 1-3, 1863 (6)
- General John C. Pemberton Surrenders, Vicksburg, MS, July 4, 1863 (8)
- Battle of Williamsport, MD, July 6 - 16, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Fort Wagner, SC, July 10 - 11, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Grimball's Landing, SC, July 16, 1863 (1)
- Draft Riots, New York, NY, July 13-16, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Fort Wagner-Morris Island, SC, July 18-September 7, 1863 (3)
- Chickamauga Campaign, August-September, 1863 (4)
- Battle of Chattanooga II, TN, August 21, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Sabine Pass II, TX, September 8, 1863 (1)
- Second Battle of Fort Sumter, SC, September 8, 1863 (8)
- Battle of Bayou Forche, AR, September 10, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Davis' Cross-Roads, GA, September 10 - 11, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Chickamauga, GA, September 18-20, 1863 (17)
- Bristoe Campaign, October-November, 1863 (2)
- First Battle of Auburn, VA, October 13, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Bristoe Station, VA, October 14, 1863 (5)
- Second Battle of Auburn, VA, October 14, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Buckland Mills, VA, October 19, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Wauhatchie, TN, October 28 - 29, 1863 (1)
- Longstreet's Knoxville Campaign, November-December, 1863 (2)
- Battle of Collierville, TN, November 3, 1863 (1)
- Second Battle of Rappahannock Station, VA, November 7, 1863 (1)
- Battle of Chattanooga III, TN, November 23-25, 1863 (6)
- Battle of Lookout Mountain, TN, November 24, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Mine Run, VA, November 27-December 2, 1863 (4)
- Battle of Fort Sanders, TN, November 29, 1863 (3)
- Battle of Bean's Station, TN, December 14, 1863 (1)
- Franklin-Nashville Campaign, TN, 1864 (7)
- Red River Campaign, LA, 1864 (8)
- Battle of Dandridge, TN, January 17, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Morton's Ford, VA, February 6 - 7, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Olustee, FL, February 20, 1864 (3)
- Battle of Dalton I, GA, February 22 - 27, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Walkerton, VA, March 2, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Fort DeRussy, LA, March 14, 1864 (1)
- Siege of Petersburg, VA, June 18, 1864-April 2, 1865 (1)
- Battle of Mansfield, LA, April 8, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Pleasant Hill, LA, April 9, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Fort Pillow, April 12, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Plymouth, NC, April 17 - 20, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Monett's Ferry, LA, April 23, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, AR, April 30, 1864 (1)
- Ulysses S. Grant Takes Commend of Union Forces, May 1864 (2)
- Grant's Overland Campaign, May-June, 1864 (8)
- Lynchburg Campaign, May-June, 1864 (1)
- Battle of the Wilderness, VA, May 5-7, 1864 (8)
- Bermuda Hundred Campaign, VA, May 6-20, 1864 (4)
- Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, GA, May 7-13, 1864 (4)
- Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA, May 8-21, 1864 (7)
- Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA, May 11, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Resaca, GA, May 13 - 15, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Mansura, LA, May 16, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Adairsville, GA, May 17, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Ware Bottom Church, VA, May 20, 1864 (1)
- Battle of North Anna, VA, May 23 - 26, 1864 (2)
- Battle of New Hope Church, GA, May 25-26, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Pickett's Mill, GA, May 27, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Dallas, GA, May 28, 1864 (3)
- Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, May 31-June 12, 1864 (4)
- Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, June 1864 - March 1865 (10)
- Battle of Piedmont, VA, June 5 - 6, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Petersburg I, VA, June 9, 1864 (4)
- Battle of Marietta, GA, June 9 - July 3, 1864 (7)
- Battle of Trevilian Station, VA, June 11 - 12, 1864 (2)
- Second Battle of Petersburg, VA, June 15-18, 1864 (5)
- Battle of Lynchburg, VA, June 17 - 18, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, VA, June 21 - 24, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Kolb's Farm, GA, June 22, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Saint Mary's Church, VA, June 24, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Staunton River Bridge, VA, June 25, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, GA, June 27, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Sappony Church, VA, June 28, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Ream's Station I, VA, June 29, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Monocacy, MD, July 9, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Fort Stevens, DC, July 11-12, 1864 (5)
- Battle of Tupelo, MS, July 14 - 15, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Peachtree Creek, GA, July 20, 1864 (4)
- Siege of Atlanta, GA, July 22, 1864-September 2, 1864 (5)
- Battle of Kernstown II, VA, July 24, 1864 (1)
- First Battle of Deep Bottom, TN, July 27-29, 1864 (4)
- Battle of Ezra Church, GA, July 28, 1864 (5)
- Battle of the Crater, VA, July 30, 1864 (6)
- Sheridan's Valley Campaign, VA, August-October, 1864 (8)
- Battle of Mobile Bay, AL, August 5, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Utoy Creek, GA, August 5 - 7, 1864 (3)
- Battle of Deep Bottom II, VA, August 13 - 20, 1864 (3)
- Battle of Dalton II, GA, August 14 - 15, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Guard Hill, VA, August 16, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Globe Tavern, VA, August 18 - 21, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Memphis II, TN, August 21, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Summit Point, WV, August 21, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Smithfield Crossing, WV, August 25 - 29, 1864 (2)
- Atlanta Campaign, GA, May-September 1864 (16)
- Battle of Jonesborough, GA, August 31 - September 1, 1864 (3)
- Fall of Atlanta, GA, September 1-2, 1864 (10)
- Battle of Berryville, VA, September 3 - 4, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Opequon, VA, September 19, 1864 (8)
- Battle of Fisher's Hill, VA, September 21-22, 1864 (3)
- Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, VA, September 29–30, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Peebles' Farm, VA, September 30 - October 2, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Allatoona, GA, October 5, 1864 (3)
- Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads, VA, October 7, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Tom's Brook, VA, October 9, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Cedar Creek, VA, October 19, 1864 (5)
- Battle of Decatur, AL, October 26 - 29, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, VA, Oct. 27-28, 1864 (1)
- Savannah Campaign, November-December, 1864 (5)
- Battle of Johnsonville, TN, November 4-5, 1864 (1)
- Burning of Atlanta, GA, November 14 - 15, 1864 (6)
- Battle of Columbia, TN, November 24-29, 1864 (2)
- Battle of Spring Hill, TN, November 28, 1864 (1)
- Battle of Franklin II, TN, November 30, 1864 (3)
- Battle of Waynesborough, GA, December 4, 1864 (1)
- First Battle of Fort Fisher, NC, December 7-27, 1864 (1)
- Sherman's March to the Sea, November 16-December 10, 1864 (11)
- Battle of Fort McAllister II, GA, December 13, 1864 (3)
- Battle of Nashville, TN, December 15-16, 1864 (5)
- Sherman Occupies Savannah, GA, Dec 21, 1864 (6)
- 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 (11)
- Hampton Roads Peace Conference, February 1865 (3)
- Battle of Hatcher's Run, VA, February 5 - 7, 1865 (1)
- Appomattox Campaign, March-April, 1865 (2)
- Battle of Rivers' Bridge, SC, March 2, 1865 (2)
- Battle of Waynesboro, VA, March 2, 1865 (2)
- Battle of Monroe's Cross Roads, NC, March 10, 1865 (2)
- Battle of Averasborough, NC, March 16, 1865 (3)
- Battle of Bentonville, NC, March 19 - 21, 1865 (3)
- Battle of Fort Stedman, VA, March 25, 1865 (4)
- Battle of Dinwiddie Court House, VA, March 31, 1865 (1)
- Battle of Five Forks, VA, April 1, 1865 (4)
- Battle of Selma, AL, April 2, 1865 (3)
- Battle of Sutherland's Station, VA, April 2, 1865 (1)
- Third Battle of Petersburg, VA, April 2, 1865 (9)
- Fall of Richmond, VA, April 3, 1865 (12)
- Battle of Sailor's Creek, VA, April 6, 1865 (4)
- Battle of Appomattox Station, VA, April 8, 1865 (1)
- Battle of Appomattox Courthouse, VA, April 9, 1865 (1)
- Robert E. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House, VA, April 9, 1865 (11)
- Abraham Lincoln, Assassination, Washington, DC, April 14, 1865 (8)
- Joseph E. Johnston Surrenders at Bennett Place, NC, April 26, 1865 (8)
- Jefferson Davis Arrested, Irwinville, GA, May 10, 1865 (3)
- Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877 (12)
- West Virginia Admitted to the U.S., June 20, 1863 (1)
- Andrew Johnson Proclaims Amnesty, May 29, 1865 (1)
- Tennessee Readmitted to the U.S., July 24, 1866 (1)
- Race Riot, New Orleans, LA, July 30, 1866 (1)
- Tenure of Office Act Passed, March 2, 1867 (1)
- Race Riot, Franklin, TN, July 6, 1867 (1)
- Andrew Johnson's Second Proclamation of Amnesty, September 7, 1867 (1)
- Andrew Johnson Impeachment, February 21 - May 16, 1868 (1)
- United States. Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment Ratified, July 9, 1868 (1)
- Andrew Johnson's Universal Amnesty Proclamation, December 25, 1868 (1)
- Abraham Lincoln, Assassination, Washington, DC, April 14, 1865 (1)
- Abraham Lincoln elected President of U.S., November 6, 1860 (5)
- Spanish-American War, 1898 (1)
