- 32.75241-79.874961 Battle of Fort Sumter
— First Battle of Fort Sumter April 12-13, 1861 First shots of the naval war fired, first battle of the war - 32.25-80.669 Battle of Port Royal
— Battle of Port Royal November 7, 1861 First major naval battle of the war - 36.796-89.16711 Battle of Lucas Bend
— Battle of Lucas Bend January 11, 1862 First battle involving Union ironclads in the war - 36.983333-76.31972214 Battle of Hampton Roads
— Battle of Hampton Roads March 8-9, 1862 First naval battle between two ironclad warships - 36.4588-89.470816 Battle of Island Number Ten
— Battle of Island Number Ten February 28 - April 8, 1862 First Confederate defeat on the Mississippi River - 35.70008-89.9403617 Battle of Plum Point Bend
— Battle of Plum Point Bend May 10, 1862 First sinking of Union ironclads by Confederate River Defense Fleet - 35.1291-90.155819 Battle of Memphis
— Battle of Memphis June 6, 1862 Confederate River Defense Fleet destroyed by Union rams and ironclad gunboats - 34.016667-91.34527825 Battle of Fort Hindman
— Battle of Fort Hindman January 9-11, 1863 Led to the largest surrender of Confederate troops west of the Mississippi River prior to the end of the war | - 32.7512-79.8647938 CSS David
— CSS David becomes the first torpedo boat to make a successful attack on an enemy warship in combat - 32.856667-79.95888941 H. L. Hunley (submarine)
— H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat - -12.854167-38.59722247 Bahia Incident
— Bahia Incident October 7, 1864 Led to the capture of the Confederate raider CSS Florida, international incident with Brazil - 37.41541-77.3958950 Battle of Trent's Reach
— Battle of Trent's Reach January 23-25, 1865 Final major naval battle of the war |