Battles
| Battle | Start date | End date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Battle of Fort Sumter | April 13, 1861 | April 14, 1861 | First shots of the naval war fired, first battle of the war |
| Battle of Gloucester Point | May 7, 1861 | May 7, 1861 | First naval battle of the war |
| Battle of Sewell's Point | May 18, 1861 | May 19, 1861 | |
| Battle of Aquia Creek | May 29, 1861 | June 1, 1861 | First use of torpedoes by Confederate forces in combat |
| Battle of Pig Point | June 5, 1861 | June 5, 1861 | |
| Battle of Mathias Point | June 27, 1861 | June 27, 1861 | |
| Sinking of the Petrel | July 28, 1861 | July 28, 1861 | One of the last naval battles in history involving a privateer ship |
| Battle of Cockle Creek | October 5, 1861 | October 5, 1861 | |
| Battle of the Head of Passes | October 12, 1861 | October 12, 1861 | |
| Battle of Port Royal | November 7, 1861 | November 7, 1861 | First major naval battle of the war |
| Battle of Cockpit Point | January 3, 1862 | January 3, 1862 | |
| Battle of Lucas Bend | January 11, 1862 | January 11, 1862 | Last naval battle in history involving the use of timberclad warships performing a major combat role |
| Battle of Fort Henry | February 6, 1862 | February 6, 1862 | |
| Battle of Elizabeth City | February 10, 1862 | February 10, 1862 | |
| Battle of Hampton Roads | March 8, 1862 | March 9, 1862 | First naval battle involving ironclad warships |
| Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip | April 16, 1862 | April 28, 1862 | Led to the Union capture of New Orleans |
| Battle of Island Number Ten | February 28, 1862 | April 8, 1862 | First Confederate defeat on the Mississippi River |
| Battle of Plum Point Bend | May 10, 1862 | May 10, 1862 | |
| Battle of Drewry's Bluff | May 15, 1862 | May 15, 1862 | |
| Battle of Memphis | June 6, 1862 | June 6, 1862 | Last time in history civilians with no military or naval experience were permitted to command warships in combat |
| Battle of Saint Charles | June 17, 1862 | June 17, 1862 | |
| Battle of Tampa | June 30, 1862 | July 1, 1862 | |
| Battle of Corpus Christi | August 12, 1862 | August 18, 1862 | |
| Battle of Galveston Harbor | October 4, 1862 | October 4, 1862 | |
| Battle of Crumpler's Bluff | October 3, 1862 | October 3, 1862 | |
| Battle of Fort Hindman | January 9, 1863 | January 11, 1863 | Led to the largest surrender of Confederate troops west of the Mississippi River prior to the end of the war |
| Battle off Galveston Lighthouse | January 11, 1863 | January 11, 1863 | |
| Battle of Fort McAllister | March 3, 1863 | March 3, 1863 | |
| Battle of Fort Pemberton | March 11, 1863 | March 11, 1863 | |
| First Battle of Charleston Harbor | April 7, 1863 | April 7, 1863 | |
| Battle of Wassaw Sound | June 17, 1863 | June 17, 1863 | |
| Battle of Portland Harbor | June 27, 1863 | June 27, 1863 | |
| First Battle of Fort Wagner | July 10, 1863 | July 11, 1863 | |
| Second Battle of Fort Wagner | July 18, 1863 | July 18, 1863 | |
| Second Battle of Charleston Harbor | August 17, 1863 | September 8, 1863 | |
| Second Battle of Sabine Pass | September 8, 1863 | September 8, 1863 | Most one sided Confederate victory of the war |
| Second Battle of Fort Sumter | September 9, 1863 | September 9, 1863 | |
| Attack on USS New Ironsides | October 5, 1863 | October 5, 1863 | CSS David becomes the first torpedo boat to make a successful attack on an enemy warship in combat |
| Battle of Fort Brooke | October 16, 1863 | October 18, 1863 | |
| Sinking of USS Housatonic | February 17, 1864 | February 17, 1864 | H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat |
| Battle of Fort Pillow | April 12, 1864 | April 12, 1864 | |
| Battle of Plymouth | April 17, 1864 | April 20, 1864 | |
| Battle of Albemarle Sound | May 5, 1864 | May 5, 1864 | |
| Battle of Cherbourg | June 19, 1864 | June 19, 1864 | Led to the sinking of the Confederate raider CSS Alabama |
| Battle of Mobile Bay | August 2, 1864 | August 23, 1864 | Greatest Union naval victory of the war |
| Bahia Incident | October 7, 1864 | October 7, 1864 | Led to the capture of the Confederate raider CSS Florida, international incident with Brazil |
| Capture of Plymouth | October 29, 1864 | October 31, 1864 | |
| Jamesville Incident | December 9, 1864 | December 9, 1864 | |
| Second Battle of Fort Fisher | January 13, 1865 | Januery 15, 1865 | Largest amphibious assault of the war |
| Battle of Trent's Reach | January 23, 1865 | January 25, 1865 | One of the final major naval battles of the war |
| Blockade of the South | April 19, 1861 | 1865 | Part of the Anaconda Plan |
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