# Is there a website that shows Civil War battles play by play? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 10, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-that-shows-civil-war-battles-play-by-play/719673 "2015-05-10T02:46:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-that-shows-civil-war-battles-play-by-play/719673/1 "2015-05-10T02:46:22Z")
I’m looking for colored arrows on a map that show things like, the Battle of Little Round Top or Pickett’s Charge. Those two are pretty straight forward. Many of the others are harder for me to picture, based on just a verbal description. For bonus points, I could use a table that shows what each side called the battles. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-that-shows-civil-war-battles-play-by-play/719673/2 "2015-05-10T03:14:29Z")
Here ya go [http://www.civilwar.org/maps/animated-maps/](http://www.civilwar.org/maps/animated-maps/) ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-that-shows-civil-war-battles-play-by-play/719673/3 "2015-05-10T04:06:10Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Here ya go > > [http://www.civilwar.org/maps/animated-maps/](http://www.civilwar.org/maps/animated-maps/) There goes the rest of my weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-that-shows-civil-war-battles-play-by-play/719673/4 "2015-05-10T04:59:06Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Here ya go > > [http://www.civilwar.org/maps/animated-maps/](http://www.civilwar.org/maps/animated-maps/) That is really cool! Very interesting. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-that-shows-civil-war-battles-play-by-play/719673/5 "2015-05-11T03:13:08Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Here ya go > > [http://www.civilwar.org/maps/animated-maps/](http://www.civilwar.org/maps/animated-maps/) Thank You very much. Nailed it in one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-that-shows-civil-war-battles-play-by-play/719673/6 "2015-05-11T03:48:26Z")
If you like the Civil War stuff I believe they make a Civil War app for the iPad that has a sort of day by day thing of the Civil War with all kinds of interactive stuff. ---
**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-that-shows-civil-war-battles-play-by-play/719673/7 "2015-05-11T19:35:13Z")
That’s really cool. Is there the same thing for world war 2.