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

Events 1 - 29 of 29

1st - Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties)
1st - Federal tax levied on tobacco
4th - General Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops
4th - North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized in SF
4th - Maryland Campaign (Antietam Campaign)
5th - Lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland
6th - Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland
9th - Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry
12th - Battle of Harpers Ferry VA
14th - Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates
14th - Battle at South Mountain: Union troops chases away Confederates
14th - Battle of Munfordsville KY
14th - Federal troops escape from beleaguered Harpers Ferry West Virginia
14th - Skirmish at Fox's Gap, US Civil War
15th - Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV
16th - Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4,000 federals at Munfordville, KY
17th - Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md), 23, 110 die
17th - Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals
17th - Battle of Mumfordville, KY-US Col J Wilder surrenders city
17th - American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
18th - Confederate armies officially divide into corps
18th - General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia
19th - -20] Battle at Blackford's Ford Virginia
19th - Battle at Iuka Mississippi (1,700 casualties)
22nd - President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1
23rd - Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers
24th - Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal
25th - Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tennessee
30th - First Battle of Newtonia (American Civil War), Newton County, Missouri