The town was briefly held by the retreating Confederates on July 4.

The Confederates held the town for the remainder of the war.

While Col. Morgan's small band held off a main Union force under Major General Cullem Gillem on the opposite side the Holston River, Col. Samuel Patton took a force of cavalry to a ford in the river north and came down behind the Confederates.

The Confederates held two thirds of the island.

Although the Confederates launched costly and determined assaults, Thomas and his men held until twilight.

This lost opportunity held up McClellan for two additional weeks while he tried to convince the U. S. Navy to bypass the Confederates ' big guns at Yorktown and Gloucester Point and ascend the York River to West Point and outflank the Warwick Line.

But the Confederates of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, who had formalized the Swiss Confederation in 1291, held imperial freedom letters from former emperors granting them local autonomy within the empire.

Rock Island's reputation among the Confederates was no better than that of Andersonville among the Federals ; only one quarter of the prisoners held there have ever returned home.

" The VMI cadets held the line and eventually pushed forward, capturing a Union artillery emplacement, securing victory for the Confederates.

Finally, after a lengthy standoff, the largest Union Army of the war under General George B. McClellan chased the retreating Confederates through the Williamsburg Line and westward literally to the " Gates of Richmond ", where the swampy upper reaches of the Chickahominy River created a natural barrier behind which the defenders successfully held the Confederate capital, essentially prolonging the War for 3 more devastating years.

The Confederates claimed a tactical victory as well because they held the field after the battle.

At nightfall, the Federals held the high ground while the Confederates still held the gap.

The Confederates also held important port towns at Waterford and Wexford through which they could receive aid from Catholic powers in Europe.

In the south of the country, the Confederates took some territory around Cork in 1644 – 45, for example the town of Bandon, constricting the territory held by the English Parliamentarian force there, but failed to eliminate Inchiquin's garrison.

Youghal was held by a much stronger Parliamentarian force than Duncannon and problems of supply and money meant that the Confederates ' siege broke up in March 1645.

They held most of eastern Ulster for the duration of the war, but were badly weakened by their defeat by the Confederates at the battle of Benburb in 1646.

Several of McClellan's subordinates urged him to attack the Confederate division of Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder south of the Chickahominy, but he feared the vast numbers of Confederates he believed to be before him and failed to capitalize on the overwhelming superiority he actually held on that front.

The Confederates had not held up the Union Army as long as they had hoped.

Initially the Confederates held their own.

The Confederates held on tenaciously but after hand to hand combat Baird's men broke through, capturing Govan and 600 of his men.

This had outflanked the defences of Irish Confederates and English Royalists, causing them to retreat behind the river Shannon into Connacht, where the held the fortified cities of Limerick and Galway.

The Confederates held a council of war at the William Neal McKelvey residence May 19.

The Confederates held the battlefield as the sun went down.

In 1864, the Camden Expedition ( part of a larger military operation, the Red River Campaign ), under the command of General Frederick Steele, marched his union troops along the Old Camden Road that passed through Leola after his supplies were depleted and Gen. Kirby's Confederates were on his rear flank as they approached the Jenkins Ferry on the Saline River.

After an all-night march, Smith's men surprised and captured Fort de Russy on the Red River on March 14, capturing 317 Confederate prisoners and the only heavy guns available to the Confederates.

On the river, the Confederates had diverted water into a tributary causing the already low Red River level to fall further.

During the American Civil War, the Union tended to name the battles after the nearest watercourse, such as the Battle of Wilsons Creek and the Battle of Stones River, whereas the Confederates favoured the nearby towns, as in the Battles of Chancellorsville and Murfreesboro.

The Confederates struck hard and repulsed the Union Army towards the Tennessee River.

Although Sherman was technically the senior officer at this time, he wrote to Grant, " I feel anxious about you as I know the great facilities Confederates have of concentration by means of the River and R Road, but have faith in you — Command me in any way.

The Union forces were not able to land their full forces, but still outnumbered the Confederates, who chose to make their stand at a place where the St Marks River goes underground — the " Natural Bridge ' referred to.

On May 1, 1861 during the American Civil War, Confederates installed artillery at Mathias Point in order to blockade the Potomac River.

On February 14, 1862, after receiving reports that Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River had been captured by Union forces, the Confederates ended their occupation of Bowling Green.

During their retreat, the Confederates destroyed bridges across the Barren River, the railroad depot and other important buildings.

Confederates ships were shelling from the Tar River and forced the Union soldiers out.

The Confederates, led by Brigadier General William E. Jones, were able to surprise the Union forces and pursue them across the Holston River and into Greene County.

On August 10, 1861, army units clashed in the Battle of Wilson's Creek, the site of the first major conflict west of the Mississippi River, involving about 5, 400 Union troops and 12, 000 Confederates.

The Confederates evacuated Hayne's Bluff, which was occupied by Sherman's cavalry on May 19, and Union steamboats no longer had to run the guns of Vicksburg, now being able to dock by the dozens up the Yazoo River.

To prevent Union warships from attacking the yard, the Confederates set up batteries at Sewell's Point and Craney Island, at the juncture of the Elizabeth River with the James.

The defeat at Arkansas Post cost the Confederacy fully one-fourth of its deployed force in Arkansas, the largest surrender of Rebel troops west of the Mississippi River prior to the final capitulation of the Confederates in 1865.

The fort guarded the entrance to Chesapeake Bay and the James River, overlooking Hampton Roads and the Gosport Navy Yard, which the Confederates had seized.

The Confederates, now commanded by Colonel McCausland, waited on the east side of the New River to defend the bridge.

Given command of the Army of the Cumberland, he fought against Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg at Stones River, and later outmaneuvered him in the brilliant Tullahoma Campaign, driving the Confederates from Middle Tennessee.

The Confederates skirmished with Union troops as the Federals marched south along the White River toward the supply flotilla waiting at Clarendon.

Gen. Cadwallader C. Washburn, pursued the Confederates to the Cache River, destroying two ferry boats and capturing several prisoners.