Besides the traditional North and South  methods of naming wars, many of the battles in the civil war carried other names by which they came to be known.  The following is a partial list of names with links to the battle page.

“Yankee Outrage at Tampa”

Allegheny Mountain, Battle of

Armstrong’s Mill

Athens, Battle of

Backbone Mountain

Bailey’s Creek

Bailey’s Cross Roads

Bakers Creek

Banks’ Ford, Battle of

Barbourville

Barhamsville, Battle of

Bealington

Bear River, Battle of

Beattie’s Prairie

Beaty’s Prairie

Belle Grove, Battle of

Bethel Church, Battle of

Bethesda Church, Battle of

Big Black

Big Blue River, Battle of the

Big Dry Wood Creek, Battle of

Bird Creek

Bird’s Point, Battle of

Bloomsbury Farm

Blue Mills Landing, Battle of

Blue Mills, Battle of

Boonsboro Gap, Battle of

Boteler’s Ford, Battle of

Boydton Plank Road

Breakthrough at Petersburg

Bristoe Station

Buckhead Creek

Bull Run Bridge

Bull Run, First Battle of

Bull Run, Second Battle of

Burgess Mill

Burkittsville, Battle of

Cache River, Battle of

Camden, Battle of

Cameron’s Depot

Camp Bartow, Battle of

Camp Hill

Camp Wildcat

Carrion Crow Bayou, Battle of

Carter’s Farm

Castleman’s Ferry

Caving Banks

Cedar Run

Cedarville

Chaplin Hills, Battle of

Chapman’s Mill

Charles City Crossroads

Charles City Road

Charleston Harbor, Siege of

Charlot’s Farm

Cheat Summit Fort, Battle of

Chestnut Hill

Chickahominy River, Battle of

Chivington Massacre

Cold Harbor, First Battle of

Cox’s Plantation

Crooked Run, Battle of

Cross Lanes, Battle of

Crumps Creek

CSS Atlanta, Capture of the

Cumberland, Battle of

Dabney’s Mill

Darbytown

Davis Bridge, Battle of

Deep Gully, Battle of

Deep Run Battle

Devil’s Gap, Battle of

Ditch Bayou

Doctortown Railroad Trestle

Double Bridges

Drewry’s Bluff

Dry Fork, Battle of

Duck Creek

Dug Gap, Battle of

Dutton’s Hill

Elk Creek, Affair at

Elkhorn Tavern, Battle of

Ellerson’s Mill

Enon Church, Battle of

Ezra Chapel, Battle of

Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, Battle of

Fair Oaks, Second Battle of

Falling Waters

Falling Waters, Battle of

Fayetteville Road, Battle of

Fish Bayou

Fishing Creek, Battle of

Fleetwood Hill, Battle of

Flowing Springs

Fordoche Bridge, Battle of

Fort Darling

Fort Darling, Battle of

Fort Donelson, Second Battle of

Fort Drewry, Battle of

Fort Gaines, Siege of

Fort Hindman, Battle of

Fort Huger, Battle of

Fort Magruder, Battle of

Fort Morgan, Siege of

Fort Pocahontas, Battle of

Fort Wagner, Battle of

Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, Combats at

Forts Hatteras and Clark, Battle of

Four Mile Creek

Franklin

Frayser’s Farm, Battle of

Frazier’s Farm

Freeman’s Ford

Freestone Point, Battle of

French’s Field, Battle of

Furlough

Fussell’s Mill

Grand Coteau, Battle of

Gravel Hill

Gravelly Run

Gravelly Run

Great Bethel

Green River

Green River

Green River, Battle of

Guard Hill

Gum Grove

Hagerstown, Battle of

Hainesville

Hanovertown

Hare’s Hill, Battle of

Harper’s Farm

Hatcher’s Run, Battle of

Hatcher’s Run, First

Hemp Bales, Battle of the

Hickory Hill

High Shoal

Hill’s Plantation, Battle of

Hillsman Farm

Ironclads, Battle of

Island Ford

Ivy Point Hill, Battle of

James Island, First Battle of

Johnson’s Farm

Kellysville or Kelleysville, Battle of

Kettle Run

Kilpatrick’s Shirttail Skedaddle

King’s Hill, Battle of

King’s School House

Kinston, Battle of

Labadieville

Laurel Hill

Lawtonville

Lee Springs

Lexington, Siege of

Little Rock, Battle of

Little Sailor’s Creek

Lockett’s Farm

Lookout Mountain, Battle of

Marshall’s Cross Roads

Marye’s Heights, Second Battle of

Massacre at Boa Ogoi

Matadequin Creek

Matamora

Maysville

Mechanicsville, Battle of

Milford, Skirmish at

Military Road

Milton, Battle of

Missionary Ridge, Battle of

Morris Island

Morris Island, Second Assault on

Moscow

Murfreesboro, Second Battle of

Nance’s Shop

Nelson’s Farm

Nerson’s Woods

New Hope Church

New Market Road (Seven Days)

New Market Road (First Deep Bottom)

New Market Road (Second Deep Bottom)

Oak Hills, Battle of

Ocean Pond, Battle of

Old Men and Young Boys, Battle of

Osage, Battle of the (Mine Creek)

Osage, Battle of the (Marais des Cygnes)

Owen’s Crossroads

Ox Hill

Parker’s Ford

Payne’s Farm

Petersburg, Fall of

Pilot Knob, Battle of

Pittsburg Landing, Battle of

Plum Point Bend

Pocotaligo Bridge, Battle of

Poindexter’s Farm, Battle of

Poor House, Battle of the

Poplar Springs Church

Prairie De Ann

Pratt Street Massacre

Pratt Street Riot

Purcellville Wagon Raid

Quaker Road

Red House Shoals

Reed’s Bridge, Battle of

Reynolds’ Plantation

Richmond Heights, Battle of

Riddell’s Shop

Rowanty Creek

Saint Emma Plantation

Salem Cemetery, Battle of

Salkehatchie River

Samaria Church

Sayler’s Creek

Searcy Landing, Skirmish or Battle of

Searcy, Battle of

Second Manassas

Shady Grove Road

Sharpsburg, Battle of

Shiloh Creek

Shipping Point, Battle of

Silver Creek

Sitlington’s Hill

Slash Church, Battle of

Slaughter’s Mountain

Snicker’s Ferry

Springfield Road, Battle of

Springfield, First Battle of

St. Georges Creek Skirmish

Stephenson’s Depot

Stones River, Battle of

Strawberry Plains

Tahkahokuty Mountain, Battle of

Texana

The Buckland Races

The Cedars

The Monitor and Merrimack, Battle of

The Mules, Battle of

Trading Post, Battle of

Union Mills

Valverde Ford, Battle of

Vaughn Road

Walnut Hills, Battle of

Wapping Heights, Battle of

Waterloo Bridge

Weldon Railroad, First Battle of the

Weldon Railroad, Second Battle of the

West Point

Westminster, Battle of

White Hall Ferry, Battle of

White Oak Ridge

White Sulphur Springs

White’s Tavern

Wildcat Mountain

Wilkinson Pike

Winchester, Third Battle of

Woodsonville, Battle of

Yemassee, Battle of

Zagonyi’s Charge