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Western Theater of the American Civil War

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Western Theater of the Civil War: The Civil War in Four Minutes

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The Civil War: Western Theater Tactics

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The Civil War Preview: The Western Theater

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Civil War Museum Tour - Battles of the Western Theatre

The western theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military operations in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee, as well as Louisiana east of the Mississippi River. Operations on the coasts of these states, except for Mobile Bay, are considered part of the Lower Seaboard Theater. Most other operations east of the Appalachian Mountains are part of the eastern theater. Operations west of the Mississippi River took place in the trans-Mississippi theater.
    • Theater of operations 

    • Early operations (June 1861 – January 1862) 

    • Tennessee, Cumberland, and Mississippi Rivers (February–June 1862) 

    • Kentucky, Tennessee, and northern Mississippi (June 1862 – January 1863) 

    • Vicksburg Campaigns (December 1862 – July 1863) 

    • Tullahoma, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga (June–December 1863) 

    • Atlanta Campaign (May–September 1864) 

    • Franklin-Nashville Campaign (September–December 1864) 

    • Sherman's March to the Sea (November–December 1864) 

    • Carolinas Campaign and Johnston's surrender (February–April 1865) 

    • Wilson's Raid, Mobile Campaign, and Forrest's surrender (March–May 1865)