Historical Events In 1862

Mar 15 General John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin TN

Mar 11 Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief &makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief

Mar 03 General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid MO

Mar 05 Union troops under Brigadier-General Wright occupy Fernandina FL

Mar 07 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Generals McCulloch &McIntosh killed

Mar 08 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal

Mar 14 Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern

Mar 09 First battle between ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia

Mar 14 Battle of New Bern NC General Burnside conquers New Bern

Mar 23 Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign

Mar 28 Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia

Mar 31 Civil War action at Island #10 on the Mississippi River

Mar 08 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown &Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress &Monitor

Mar 22 San Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation

Mar 16 Battle at Pound Gap KY: Confederates separate battles

Mar 26 Battle of La Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)

Mar 11 General Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia

Mar 08 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads VA: CSS Virginia, Jamestown &Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress &Monitor

Mar 06 Battle of Pea Ridge AR (Elkhorn Tavern)

Mar 08 Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched

Mar 07 Battle of West Point VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)

Mar 16 Battle at Pound Gap KY Confederates separate battles

Mar 07 Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire

Mar 10 Great Britain &France recognizes independence of Zanzibar

Mar 10 US issues paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 &$1000)

Aug 25 Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves

Aug 06 CSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack

Aug 12 Gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX

Aug 28 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC

Aug 30 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee

Aug 14 Lincoln receives first group of blacks to confer with US president

Aug 21 Billy Barker discovers gold in creeks running into the Quesnel River; town of Barkerville, BC, grows up around mine; the find sparks a massive gold rush into the Cariboo.

Aug 29 Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels

Aug 28 Battle of 2nd Bull Run

Aug 29 US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation

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