Main Western Theater of The American Civil War

Main Western Theater Of The American Civil War

This article presents an overview of major military and naval operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

Read more about Main Western Theater Of The American Civil War:  Theater of Operations, Principal Commanders of The Western Theater, Early Operations (June 1861 – January 1862), Tennessee, Cumberland, and Mississippi Rivers (February–June 1862), Kentucky, Tennessee, and Northern Mississippi (June 1862 – January 1863), Vicksburg Campaigns (December 1862 – July 1863), Tullahoma, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga (June–December 1863), Atlanta Campaign (May–September 1864), Franklin-Nashville Campaign (September–December 1864), Sherman's March To The Sea (November–December 1864), Carolinas Campaign and The End of The War (February–April 1865), Major Land Battles

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