The Confederates under General Edmund Kirby Smith win at Richmond, Kentucky on August 30, 1862. 4,000 Federals surrender. This battle was the result of the two pronged raid into the North. The second prong was Robert E. Lee's raid into Maryland. With Richmond out of the way, generals Smith and Bragg march northward.
The Battle of Cannae (Hannibal's defeat of the Roman Army in 216 BCE.) In the US Civil war battle of 1862 the Union Army was trounced.
The worst civil war battle in Kentucky was the Battle of Perryville, fought on October 8, 1862. This battle resulted in significant casualties, with approximately 7,500 soldiers killed, wounded, or missing. It was a pivotal conflict in the American Civil War, as it marked the end of the Confederate Army's invasion of Kentucky. The battle's outcome helped to maintain Union control over the state.
The Battle of Middle Creek in Kentucky was an early Union victory. It gave the Union army a strategic base to invade Tennessee.
The US Civil War Battle of Camp Wildcat took place in Kentucky on October 21, 1861. The result was a Union victory that drove the Rebel army out of the Cumberland Gap.
This battle took place near Somerset, Kentucky in January of 1863. A Confederate force was overcome by Union troops.
The Battle of Chancellorsville was due to the Union's attempt to defeat the Army of Northern Virginia and ultimately capture Richmond, the South's capitol. Although Union forces outnumbered the Southern forces, Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia and defeated the Union army.
The Union Army captured Richmond in 1865, which was the capital of the Confederate States of America. Shortly after that Robert E. Lee surrendered.
The first significant battle of the US Civil War was the Confederate victory at the Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861. US President Lincoln had to realize that the Union army was ill prepared to win the battle not to even mention able to capture Richmond. Richmond became an obsession with Lincoln for the next several years as even a sophisticated and large Union army could not capture the Confederate capital a mere 100 miles south of Washington DC.
The US Civil War Battle of Middle Creek was a Union victory. The battle took place in Kentucky on January 10, 1862. Federal forces under the command of James A. Garfield defeat the Rebels led by Humphrey Marshall.
By driving back the Army of the Potomac from the suburbs of Richmond all the way to the sea, and then winning another battle in the Shenandoah that threatened Washington.
The Confederates, under General Robert E. Lee won the US Civil War Battle of Gaines's Mill. This was a Peninsula campaign battle and the beginning of a push back against the Union's attempt to place Richmond under siege and eventually capture the South's capital.
The Army of the Potomac tried to capture Richmond repeatedly.