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Virginia
Virginia had the most Civil War battles.
Pennsylva
Virginia saw the most (122) battles of the US Civil War.
Except for the battles in Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) and in Maryland, most of the battles took place in the South. While initially this included attacks in Virginia, later Union expeditions ranged from Texas and Missouri in the West to the cities of the mid-South, including Sherman's "March to the Sea" after burning Atlanta.
More battles in the US Civil War took place in Virginia than any other place. This may have been due to the fact that Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was the largest Confederate army and the fact that Virginia bordered the most populous Northern States.
New York saw the most battles during the Revolutionary War. A total of one third of all battles during the war were fought there. The Battle of Saratoga, New York was a turning point, and was instrumental in getting the colonists supports from the European rivals of Britain, France and Spain.
In Southern terrritory - mostly in Virginia and Tennessee.
Most of the fighting took place in the South, and most battles in Virginia
The majority of American Civil War battles were fought in Virginia. In fact, almost all battles were fought in the South. The Civil War was truly a defensive war for the South and an offensive war for the North.
Breaking the US Civil War battles to the most in one state brings attention to the state of Virginia. Other Southern states east of the Mississippi also saw many battles, mostly won by the Union.
During the American Civil War, most of the actual fighting took place in and around the Southern state of Virginia. Given the close proximity of the Union and Confederate capitals of Washington, D.C., and Richmond (Virginia), both the North and the South made a concentrated effort in this region to achieve victories at each other's expense, although important battles occurred in other regions, as well.