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Events from the year 1862 in the United States. Incumbents ... General Ulysses S. Grant gives the Union Army its first major victory of the war, by capturing Fort ...
1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1862nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 862nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1862, the ...
1862 – Battle of Hampton Roads (Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack; first ever naval battle between iron-sided ships) 1862 – Homestead Act; 1862 – Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act; 1862 – Gen. Robert E. Lee placed in command of the Army of Northern Virginia; 1862 – Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Battle of Manassas)
The following is a list of engagements that took place in 1862 during the American Civil War.During the summer and early spring of the year, Union forces gained several successes over the Confederacy, seizing control of Missouri, northern Arkansas, Kentucky, and western Tennessee, along with several coastal areas.
Ulysses S. Grant captured the forts in February 1862 and launched a full-scale invasion of Tennessee. The fall of these forts was inaccurately blamed on Johnston, but he continued to serve. In March 1862, Johnston organized the Army of Mississippi with P.G.T. Beauregard. He launched his attack at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. Johnston's ...
During 1861–1862 in the Western theater, ... economic, political, or social) were most important, ... The war is a central event in American collective memory ...
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.The combat between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee included futile frontal attacks by the Union army on December 13 against entrenched ...
1862 events by month (12 C) F. 1862 festivals (1 C) Fiction set in 1862 (1 C, 8 P) Food and drink companies established in 1862 (1 C, 14 P) H. 1862 in health (2 C) L.