This is a list of military conflicts that the military forces of the Confederate States was involved in during its existence.
Key
ConflictAlliesOpponent(s)Result for the United States and its Allies American Civil War (1861–1865)
Location: Southern United States, Indian Territory, Northeastern United States, Western United States, Atlantic Ocean Confederate States Cherokee Nation Choctaw Nation Catawba Chickasaw Nation (part) Muskogee Nation (part) Seminole Nation (Western) (part) Comanche Nation (part) United States Indian Home Guard Seminole Nation (Western) (most) Seminole Nation (Florida) Muskogee Nation (part) US victory Surrender at Appomattox Court House Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Stand Watie the last Confederate General surrenders Dissolution of the Confederate States U.S. territorial integrity preserved Beginning of the Reconstruction Era U.S. Federal government expands further control over land and railroad rights in the Indian Territory.Battle of Carrizo(1861) Part of the Second Cortina War, during the Cortina Troubles
Location: Confederate Texas Confederate StatesCortinista militiaConfederate Victory Cortinistas repulsed Texas–Mexican border securedConfederate Apache War(1861–1862)
Siege of Tubac Battle of Cookes Canyon Battle of the Florida Mountains Ambush near Fort Davis, Texas Gallinas massacre Battle of Placito Battle of Pinos Altos First Battle of Dragoon Springs Second Battle of Dragoon Springs Location: Confederate Arizona, Confederate Texas, and the New Mexico Territory U.S.A. Confederate StatesApacheríaApache Victory The Union victory at the Battle of Glorieta Pass was the turning point in the New Mexico campaign and forced the Confederacy to gradually abandon Confederate Arizona and their fight with Apache The Union continued to fight the Apache Wars until their final victory in 1924Knight Company Insurgency(1863–1864) Location: Confederate Mississippi Confederate StatesKnight CompanyKnight Company Victory Knight company took effective control from the Confederate government in the county in 1864 American flag over the courthouse in Ellisville Letter sent to Union General William T. Sherman declaring Jones County's independence from the ConfederacyConfederate Bombardment of Mogador (1864)
Location: Modern day Essaouira, Morocco Confederate StatesAlaouite SultanateInconclusive No casualties on the CSA side and little to no casualties on the Alaouite sideElm Creek raid(1864)Part of the Comanche Wars Location: Confederate Texas Confederate StatesComanche KiowaInconclusive/Other Result Comanche and Kiowa successfully capture all the cattle in the area as well as capture about 10 women and children Fort Murrah siege rebuffed Death of Kotsoteka chief Kuhtsu-tiesuat ("Little Buffalo") African American scout Britt Johnson later saves the captives including his wifeLowry War(1864) Part of the American Indian Wars and the Reconstruction era
Location: Confederate North Carolina1864–1865:
Confederate States of America
North Carolina
1865–1874:
United States
North Carolina
Vigilantes
Bounty huntersLowry GangInconclusive/Other Result The gang was not defeated till after the Civil War, and the Confederacy was already dissolved as an entity, first published in 1971 by Louisiana State University PressBattle of Dove Creek(1865) Location: Confederate TexasKickapooKickapoo Victory The Kickapoo camp was defended, and its members escaped into Mexico Out of vengeance, the Kickapoo would do cross-border raids into Texas until President Grant sent a punitive expedition into Mexico in 1873
See also Lists of wars involving the United States Confederate Secret Service Territorial evolution of the Confederate States Confederate privateer Lost Cause of the Confederacy Cavalier myth
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