Historical Events In 1862
May 23 Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Front Royal VA
May 16 Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds first automobile
May 10 Battle of Plum Run Bend TN (Plum Point Bend)
May 15 Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA
May 08 Valley Campaign Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell VA
May 19 Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West
May 15 Department of Agriculture created
May 11 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk VA
May 07 Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire
May 24 Westminster Bridge across Thames opens
May 14 Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents the chronograph
May 01 Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans
May 23 Battle at Front Royal VA
May 05 Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg VA
May 31 Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South
May 07 Battle of West Point VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)
May 05 French army intervenes in Puebla México: Cinco de Mayo
May 05 French army intervenes in Puebla México Cinco de Mayo
May 15 Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London
May 25 Battle of Winchester VA
May 30 Battle of Booneville MS - captured General Beauregard evacuates Corinth MS
May 11 CSS Virginia blown up by Confederates to prevent capture.
May 09 US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport RI
May 09 Battle of Farmington MS
May 15 General Benjamin F Butler issues "Woman's Order" - women of New Orleans to be treated as whores as a result of their treatment of Union soldiers
May 04 Yorktown VA - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brigadier General Gabrial Rains
May 15 Battle of Princeton WV
May 12 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge LA
May 08 Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell VA
May 20 Homestead Act provides cheap land for settlement of the West
May 27 Battle of Hanover Court House VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
May 04 Battle at Williamsburg VA
May 17 Battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities
Jan 07 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney WV
Jan 01 Battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)
