1861 	  	July 21 – Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) in Virginia; 4,878 casualties.

EPISODE TWO 1862
1862 		February 6 and 16 – Battles of Fort Henry and Donelson in Tennessee; 4,332 casualties.
1862 	  	March 9 – Battle of the Ironclads, the Confederate Merrimac vs. the Union Monitor, Hampton Roads, Virginia.
1862 	  	April 6 to 7 – Battle of Shiloh at Pittsburgh Landing in Tennessee; 23,700 casualties.
1862 	  	April 24 – Battle of New Orleans: Admiral David Farragut sails past forts at mouth of Mississippi River to take the city.

EPISODE THREE 1862
1862 		June 25 – The Seven Days (the Peninsula Campaign) for Richmond, Virginia; 36,000 casualties.
1862 	  	August 29 to 30 – The Battle of Second Manassas in Virginia (also known as Second Bull Run); 25,251 casualties.
1862 	  	September 17 – Battle of Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland; 23,000 casualties in bloodiest day of combat in American history.
1862 	  	December 13 – The Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia; 17, 900 casualties.
1863 	  	January 1 – Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation.

EPISODE FOUR 1863
1862-3 		December 31 to January 3 – The Battle of Murfreesboro; 23,514 casualties.
1863 	  	April 21 to May 11 – The Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia; 30,051 casualties.
1863 	  	May 19 – In three weeks Grant’s army marches 180 miles through Mississippi, fights and wins five battles, and surrounds Vicksburg. After a failed attack on the city, Grant settles for a siege to "Out-camp the enemy."