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)

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