Gen. Abel Streight leads Union raid across North Alabama. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson killed after a quick flanking march turns tide to South. Tragic charge by Pickett's forces. Great losses on both sides. September-November 1863 Battles of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain.
North drives southern troops from heights overlooking Tennessee River.
February 1864 Mobile-built submarine Hunley sinks a federal warship off Charleston Harbor but sinks on trip back to port. Numerous battles against Gen. Lee's army in Virginia. Raphael Semmes escapes to England. July 1864 Union General Lovell H. Rousseau raids into Alabama to cut the Western Railroad that is supplying Confederate forces in Atlanta. Tracks are cut west of Auburn.