All of these battles took place in the American Civil War. Several are quite obscure, and should be a challenge to answer. One is a naval action, so you should name the winning naval officer, obviously.

Here they are:

1. Philippi (1861)
2. Springfield (1861)
3. Hilton Head (1861)
4. Fort Henry (1862)
5. Valverde (1862)
6. Williamsburg (1862)
7. Chickamauga (1863)
8. The Wilderness (1864)
9. Nashville (1864)
10. Five Forks (1865)

Good luck!

1) Col. Thomas A. Morris USA
2)Maj. James Zagonyi USA
3)Gen W.T.Shermen USA
4)Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant USA
5)Brig. Gen. Henry H. Sibley CSA
6)This was inconclusive, part of the "7 days", but the opponets were Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan USA and Maj. Gen. James Longstreet CSA
7)Gen. Braxton Bragg CSA
8)Inconclusive, US Grant USA, and RE Lee CSA
9)Maj.Gen George Thomas USA
10)Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan USA

Wow, that was fun... ;)

Originally posted by Alcibiaties of Athenae

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There are those who would argue that the victor was
really Andrew Foote, USN, since the fort was bombarded
into submission & surrendered before Grant was fully
deployed. And yes, I know Grant is the official victor.

He may have meant that, since he says one was a navel battle.

Originally posted by Alcibiaties of Athenae
1) Col. Thomas A. Morris USA
2)Maj. James Zagonyi USA
3)Gen W.T.Shermen USA
4)Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant USA
5)Brig. Gen. Henry H. Sibley CSA
6)This was inconclusive, part of the "7 days", but the opponets were Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan USA and Maj. Gen. James Longstreet CSA
7)Gen. Braxton Bragg CSA
8)Inconclusive, US Grant USA, and RE Lee CSA
9)Maj.Gen George Thomas USA
10)Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan USA

Got most of them. I was going for George McClellan as the victor at Philippi. It was his first victory, and the reason he recieved command of the Army of the Potomac. Springfield was a battle in Missouri. The Federals were defeated. Hilton Head was the naval action I was refering to, so name the (union) naval commander. All the others were right, though. I considered Williamsburg and the Wilderness to be Confederate victories.

Things get sticky when you name obscure battles, Col Moris earned his win, even if he was a subordinate of Little Mac.

It hard to claim Longstreet won at Williamsburg, the Federals wern't turned back, the same is true of the Wilderness.

I always try for clear cut victories in quizes for that reason. ;)

You could talk about some of the engagements, for example, George Thomas saved the Union army after Chickamaugua, and that battle destroyed the career of Rosecrans, who was being considered for comander of the Army of the Potomic, and a possible presidential candidate.
Bragg so mishandled the persuit that he changed a smashing victory into a near defeat.
Bragg had a nearly mystical ability to turn victory into disaster, in fact.

Yes, most obscure battles seem to have inconclusive results. Hmmm...

Still need the answers for numbers 2 and 3!

Originally posted by napoleon526
All of these battles took place in the American Civil War. Several are quite obscure, and should be a challenge to answer. One is a naval action, so you should name the winning naval officer, obviously.

Here they are:

2. Springfield (1861)
3. Hilton Head (1861)

Good luck!

2. Sterling Price, CSA

3. Adm. duPont, USA (isn't this also called Port Royal?)

Originally posted by Serutan
2. Sterling Price, CSA
3. Adm. duPont, USA (isn't this also called Port Royal?)
Congratulations! [party]

I was afraid that nobody would get these. Good job!

There seem to be several other of these types of threads, so sombody can post another list here or somewhere else.