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1862
Jan 1862
Jan 15, 1862 - Edwin M. Stanton confirmed as Secretary of War
Jan 18, 1862 - CSA Congress votes to organize Arizona Territory .
Jan 19, 1862 - Bat;le of Mill Springs (Logan's Crossing) KY.
Jan 30, 1862 - USS Monitor launched at Greenpoint, NY.
Feb 1862
Feb 3, 1862 - Lincoln declines offer of war elephants from King of Siam.
Feb 6, 1862 - Surrender of Fort Henry, TN.
Feb 7-8, 1862 - Battle of Roanoke Island, NC .
Feb 14, 1862 - Union ironclads attacke Fort Donaldson, TN.
Feb 16, 1862 - Fort Donaldson, TN surrenders to BG US Grant.
Feb 20-21, 1862 - Battle of Val Verde, NM.
Feb 22, 1862 - Jefferson Davis inaugurated as President of the CSA.
Mar 1862
Mar 3, 1862 - Union Army arrives at New Madrid, MO.
Mar 7-8, 1862 - Battle of Pea Ridge, AK.
Mar 8, 1862 - CSS Virginia destroys USS Cumberland and USS Congress. Hampton Roads, VA
Mar 9, 1862 - USS Monitor and CSS Virginia battle to a draw. Hampton Roads, VA
Mar 11, 1862 - Lincoln relieves McClellan from his General in Chief position.
Mar 14, 1862 - New Bern, NC captured by Union Forces.
Apr 1862
Mar 23, 1862 - First Battle of Kernstown, VA
Mar 28, 1862 - Battle of Glorieta Pass, NM.
Apr 4, 1862 - Union gunboats run batteries at Island Number 10 in the Mississippi River
Apr 5, 1862 - Siege of Yorktown, VA begins.
Apr 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, TN.
Apr 10, 1862 - Congress approves funding for States willing to gradual abolition.
Apr 10-11, 1862 - Battle of Fort Pulaski, GA.
Apr 16, 1862 - Slavery abolished in District of Columbia.
Apr 25 - May 1, 1862 - Battle for New Orleans, LA.
May 1862
May 5, 1862 - Battle of Williamsburg, VA.
May 8, 1862 - Battle of McDowell, VA.
May 9, 1862 - Bombardment of Pensacola, FL.
May 10, 1862 - Union forces capture Norfolk, VA.
May 15, 1862 - Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA.
May 20, 1862 - Lincoln signs Homestead Act.
Jun 1862
May 29-30, 1862 - CSA evacuates Corinth, MS
May 25, 1862 - Battle of First Winchester, VA.
May 31, 1862 - Battle of Seven Pines, VA.
June 1, 1862 - Gen Robert E. Lee takes command of the Army of Northern Virginia
June 3-5, 1862 - Fort Pillow, TN evacuated.
June 6, 1862 - Battle of Memphis, TN.
June 6, 1862 - Battle of Cross Keys, VA.
June 9, 1862 - Battle of Port Republic, VA.
June 19, 1862 - Lincoln signs law prohibiting slavery in the western territories.
June 26, 1862 - Battle of Mechanicsville, VA.
June 25, 1862 - Seven Days Battles begin.
June 27, 1862 - Battle of Gaines' Mills, VA.
June 29, 1862 - Battle of Savage Station, VA.
June 30, 1862 - Battle of Glendale, VA.
Jul 1862
July 1, 1862 - Battle of Malvern Hill, VA.
July 13, 1862 - Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Murfreesboro, TN.
July 14, 1862 - WV Statehood bill passes Senate.
July 22, 1862 - Lincoln presents Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet.
Aug 1862
Aug 9, 1862 - Battle of Cedar Mountain, VA.
Aug 17, 1862 - Sioux uprising begins in Minnesota.
Aug 24, 1862 - CSS Alabama commissioned in Azores.
Aug 27, 1862 - Stonewall Jackson captures Manassas Junction, VA.
Aug 29-30, 1862 - Battle of Richmond, KY.
Aug 30, 1862 - Battle of 2nd Manassas, VS.
Sep 1862
Sep 3, 1862 - Battle of Chantilly, VA.
Sep 3, 1862 - MG McClellan restored to command in Virginia.
Sep 13, 1862 - Union soldiers find Lee's Special Order 191.
Sep 14, 1862 - Battle of South Mountain Gaps , MD.
Sep 15, 1862 - CSA captures Harpers Ferry, Wv.
Sep 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, MD.
Oct 1862
Sep 19, 1862 - Battle of Iuka, MS.
Sep 19-20, 1862 - Battle of Sherpherdstown, VA.
Sep 22, 1862 - Lincoln issues Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
Oct 3, 1862 - Battle of Corinth, MS.
Oct 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, KY.
Oct 18, 1862 - Daniel Morgan captures Lexington , KY during a raid.
Oct 24, 1862 -MG Rosecrans places MG Buell as commander of the Army of the Ohio.
Oct 29, 1862 - African troops fight in the skirmish at Island Mound , MO.
Nov 1862
Nov 5, 1861 - Lincoln orders MG McClellan replaced by MG Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
Dec 1862
Dec 7 , 1862 - Battle of Priarie Grove, AK.
Dec 11-15 , 1862 - Battle of Fredericksburg, VA.
Dec 20 , 1862 - CSA cavalry raid of Holly Springs , MS.
Dec 22 , 1862 - CSA cavalry raid of Kentucky.
Dec 26 , 1862 - CSA cavalry raid Stafford County, VA.
Dec 31 , 1862 - Battle of Stones River begins.
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