Besides Virginia, most battles of the civil war fought in 20 states, the District of Columbia and the New Mexico Territory. The 20 states were Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Arkansas, Maryland, Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio, Georgia, Oklahoma, Mississippi and West Virginia ( which is called as Virginia now).
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There were 7 battles fought in Virginia in 1861. There were 29 battles fought in Virginia during 1862. Eighteen battles were fought on Virginia soil in 1863. A total of 46 battles were fought in Virginia in 1964. Virginia saw 17 battled during 1865. In total 110 battles were fought in Virginia during the Civil War.
Missouri is officially reported to have had 1,162 battles and Skirmishes during the Civil War, ranking third behind Virginia and Tennessee for most battles fought.
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.
Yes. Civil War battles were fought in all 11 Confederate states.
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.