The Confederates fought Hostile_encounter a successful delaying Change_event_time action at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Salem Church and by May 4 had driven Motion back Sedgwick 's men to Banks ' Ford , surrounding Surrounding them on three sides .

The Confederates used Using the Potomac ’ s banks as gun positions Placing to halt Union traffic on the river , protecting Defending Manassas Junction to the west and Fredericksburg to the south and to close Process_end the Potomac River to shipping Sending and isolate Hindering Washington .

In October 1861 , the Confederates constructed Building batteries at Evansport ( now downtown Quantico , consisted of two batteries on the river bank , and another inland ) , a CSA field battery located at the mouth of Chopawamsic Creek where it empties to the Potomac ( now the Marine Corps Air Facility ) , Shipping Point ( now Hospital Point on Quantico , number of guns unknown ) , Freestone Point ( a CSA four-gun battery on the shore of the Potomac River , now within Leesylvania State Park ) , and Cockpit Point ( near the current asphalt plant , consisted of six guns ( one heavy gun ) in four batteries , a powder magazine , and rear rifle pits , on top of a high cliff known as Possum Nose ) .

By mid-December , the Confederates had 37 heavy guns in position Placing along the river .

The Confederates , in keeping with their general tactic of withdrawal Escaping from the sea coast and coastal islands , had abandoned GiveUp their works and retired Escaping closer to Richmond , after effectively sealing Preserving off the Potomac River for nearly five months .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Hard was the first large-scale battle Hostile_encounter in the Swabian War Military_operation , waged Hold between the Imperials under the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and the Swiss Confederates .

McDowell 's ambitious plan Arranging for a surprise flank attack Attack on the Confederate left Departing was poorly executed by his officers and men ; nevertheless , the Confederates , who had been planning Arranging to attack Attack the Union left Departing flank , found Know themselves at an initial disadvantage .

The Confederates launched Motion a strong counterattack Attack , and as the Union troops began Process_start withdrawing Escaping under fire Use_firearm , many panicked and the retreat Escaping turned Becoming into a rout Earnings_and_losses .

The Confederates quickly recovered Recovering and launched Motion several counterattacks Attack led by Brig .

The slim defenses Defending of the most important position , Maryland Heights , first encountered Hostile_encounter the approaching Arriving Confederates on September 12 , but only brief skirmishing Hostile_encounter ensued Coming_to_be .

Because of its size , intensity , serious casualties Catastrophe on both sides ( particularly among the general officers ) and its result ( Confederates never again controlling Winchester and President Abraham Lincoln winning re-election ) , many historians consider Statement this the most important conflict Hostile_encounter of the Shenandoah Valley .

After his successful Tullahoma Campaign Military_operation , Rosecrans renewed Recovering the offensive , aiming Aiming to force Causation the Confederates out of Chattanooga .

Union forces Causation then retired Escaping to Chattanooga while the Confederates occupied Control the surrounding Surrounding heights , besieging Besieging the city .

In early 1649 , the Confederates allied Collaboration with the English Royalists , who had been defeated Earnings_and_losses by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War Hostile_encounter .

On June 2 , the remainder of both armies arrived Arriving and the Confederates built Building an elaborate series of fortifications 7 miles long .

Faced Confronting_problem with overwhelming artillery , the Confederates were repulsed Defending with heavy losses Earnings_and_losses .

The raid Attack took place Process_start from June 11–July 26 , 1863 , and is named Name_conferral for the commander of the Confederates , Brig .

The majority of the Hatfields , although living in Mingo County ( then part of Logan County ) , West Virginia , fought Hostile_encounter on the Confederate side in the American Civil War ; most McCoys , living in Pike County , Kentucky , also fought Hostile_encounter for the Confederates ; with the exception of Asa Harmon McCoy , who fought for the Union .

The Confederates achieved Achieve their objective of driving back the Union threat , but at a cost of diluting their forces as the Union had hoped .