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Months in Year 1862: January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Jan 1st - 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
Jan 1st - Battle of Ft McRee, FL Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry)
Jan 3rd - Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester
Jan 4th - -Jan 17th) Battle of Ft Hindman, AK (Arkansas Post)
Jan 4th - Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath
Jan 7th - Battle of Manassas Junction, VA
Jan 7th - Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV
Jan 10th - Battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)
Jan 10th - Battle of Romney, WV
Jan 17th - -Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry, TN by USS Lexington
Jan 18th - Confederate Territory of Arizona forms
Jan 19th - Battle of Mill Springs, KY (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)
Jan 22nd - Confederate govt raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20
Jan 23rd - Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 10,000
Jan 24th - Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza
Jan 24th - Bucharest proclaimed capital of Romania.
Jan 26th - Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order
Jan 30th - US Navy's 1st ironclad warship (Monitor) launched
Jan 31st - Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius
Feb 1st - Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic"
Feb 6th - Gen Ulysses S Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee
Feb 6th - Naval Engagement at Tenn River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle
Feb 6th - Ulysses S Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi
Feb 7th - Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC
Feb 8th - Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound
Feb 8th - Opera "Lily of Killarney," premieres in London
Feb 10th - Dutch 2nd govt of Thorbecke forms
Feb 13th - -Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN
Feb 14th - Galena, 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Conn
Feb 15th - Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee
Feb 16th - Ft Donelson captured by Gen Grant (1,400 confederates surrender)
Feb 21st - Confederate Constitution & presidency are declared permanent
Feb 21st - Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, NM
Feb 25th - Congress forms US Bureau of Engraving & Printing
Feb 25th - Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by Pres Abraham Lincoln
Feb 26th - Battle of Woodburn, KY
Feb 28th - Opera "La Reine de Saba," premieres in Paris
Mar 3rd - Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces
Mar 3rd - General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid
Mar 5th - Union troops under brig-gen Wright occupy Fernandina Florida
Mar 6th - Battle of Pea Ridge, AR (Elkhorn Tavern)
Mar 7th - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch & McIntosh killed
Mar 8th - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal
Mar 8th - Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched
Mar 8th - Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown & Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress & Monitor
Mar 9th - "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads
Mar 10th - Great Britain & France recognizes independence of Zanzibar
Mar 10th - US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000)
Mar 11th - Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of
Mar 11th - 12] Gen Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief
Mar 14th - Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern
Mar 15th - Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN
Mar 16th - Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles
Mar 22nd - San Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation
Mar 23rd - Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign
Mar 26th - Battle of La Glorieta Pass, NM Terr (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)
Mar 28th - Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia
Mar 31st - Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River
Apr 1st - Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA
Apr 4th - Battle of Yorktown begins
Apr 4th - US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
Apr 5th - Siege of Yorktown VA
Apr 6th - Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee
Apr 7th - Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn, Island #10 falls
Apr 8th - John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser
Apr 11th - Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender
Apr 12th - James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA
Apr 12th - Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia
Apr 14th - Battle of Ft Pillow TN
Apr 16th - Pres Davis approves conscription act for white males between 18-35
Apr 16th - Slavery abolished in District of Columbia
Apr 16th - US Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years)
Apr 18th - Battle of Ft Jackson, Ft St Philip & New Orlean's, LA
Apr 20th - The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.
Apr 21st - Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co
Apr 21st - Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston
Apr 25th - Battle of New Orleans LA - US Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans
Apr 29th - 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Miss
Apr 29th - New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War
Apr 30th - Swift Run Gap, WV skirmishes
May 1st - Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans
May 4th - -5] Battle at Williamsburg, Virginia
May 4th - Yorktown, VA - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brig general Gabrial Rains
May 5th - French army intervenes in Puebla, Mexico: Cinco de Mayo
May 5th - Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg, VA
May 7th - Battle of West Point, VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)
May 7th - Much of Enschede Neth destroyed by fire
May 8th - Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va
May 9th - Battle of Farmington, MS
May 9th - Battle of Ft Pickens, FL (Pensacola), evacuated by CS
May 9th - US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport, RI
May 10th - Battle of Plum Run Bend, TN (Plum Point Bend)
May 11th - Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, VA
May 12th - Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
May 14th - Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph
May 15th - -May 17] Battle of Princeton WV
May 15th - Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Ft Darling), Virginia
May 15th - Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London
May 15th - Department of Agriculture created
May 15th - Gen Benjamin F Butler delegates "Woman Order" of NO to be his whores
May 15th - Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens
May 16th - Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile
May 17th - Battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities
May 19th - Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West
May 20th - Homestead Act provides cheap land for settlement of West
May 23rd - Battle at Front Royal, Virginia
May 23rd - Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft Royal, Virginia
May 24th - Beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time
May 24th - Westminster Bridge across Thames opens
May 25th - Battle of Winchester VA
May 27th - Battle of Hanover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
May 30th - Battle of Booneville MS - captured Gen Beauregard evacuates Corinth
May 30th - Battle of Front Royal, VA
May 31st - Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks)
Jun 1st - 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Va (11,165 casualties)
Jun 1st - Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines
Jun 1st - Slavery abolished in all US possessions
Jun 2nd - Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E VA & NC
Jun 2nd - Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington DC
Jun 4th - Confederates evacuate Ft Pillow, Tenn
Jun 6th - Battle of Memphis-city is surrendered
Jun 6th - Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry)
Jun 6th - Skirmish at Harrisonburg, PA
Jun 7th - Skirmish at Union Church, VA (Peninsular)
Jun 7th - Gen B Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed & destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint
Jun 7th - The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade.
Jun 8th - Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia
Jun 9th - Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp
Jun 15th - Gen JEB Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan"
Jun 19th - Slavery outlawed in US territories
Jun 20th - Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
Jun 25th - Battle of Oak Grove, VA (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days
Jun 26th - Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia
Jun 26th - Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville VA (Meadow Bridge)
Jun 26th - US Army of Virginia established under Gen John Pope
Jun 27th - -28] Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia
Jun 27th - Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3
Jun 28th - Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, VA
Jun 29th - Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station Va
Jun 30th - Battle at Nelson's Farm, Virginia
Jun 30th - Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack
Jun 30th - Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp VA (Frayser's Farm)
Jun 30th - Gustave Flaubert completes "Salammbo"
Jul 1st - Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confed superior power driven out
Jul 1st - Battle of Malvern Hill, VA (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm)
Jul 1st - Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah
Jul 1st - Day 7 of 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill (Poindexter's Farm) Day 7 of Seven Days US15,249 CS17,583
Jul 1st - Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books
Jul 1st - Battle of Holly Spring, MS
Jul 1st - Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco & on incomes over $600 (progressive rate)