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1862 in the American Civil War
- Confederate Heartland OffensiveThe Confederate Heartland Offensive lasted from the 14th of August to the 10th of October, 1862, and it posed a question that General Braxton Bragg believed…
- Battle of Island Number TenIn the spring of 1862, a small sandbar sat at the base of a tight double turn in the Mississippi River. This location became known as Island Number Ten.
- Battle of Stones RiverOn the 26th of December 1862, Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans marched his Army of the Cumberland from Nashville toward Murfreesboro to challenge…
- Battle of AntietamThe Battle of Antietam, fought on the 17th of September 1862, produced more American casualties in a single day than any other engagement before or since.
- Battle of FredericksburgThe Battle of Fredericksburg, fought from December 11 to 15 of 1862, produced one of the most lopsided casualty counts of the entire American Civil War.
- Union blockadeThe Union blockade, proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln on the 19th of April 1861, set out to strangle the Confederate economy by sealing off its…
- Battle of Fort HenryOn the 3rd of September 1861, Confederate Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow occupied Columbus, Kentucky. This action shattered the state's declared neutrality in…
- Battle of PerryvilleOn July 31, Confederate leaders met in Chattanooga to devise a plan that would reshape the war's western theater. General Braxton Bragg and General Edmund…
- Battle of Fort DonelsonThe Battle of Fort Donelson, fought in February 1862 along the Cumberland River, produced one of the most famous surrender demands in American military…
- First Battle of MemphisThe Mississippi River ran red with smoke on the morning of the 6th of June 1862. Eight Confederate vessels faced nine Union gunboats just north of Memphis…
- Battle of Hampton RoadsThe Battle of Hampton Roads began on the morning of the 8th of March 1862, when a strange ironclad vessel steamed out of Confederate waters and into a harbor…
- Battle of ShilohThe Battle of Shiloh began not with a grand charge but with a midnight decision by a junior officer who disobeyed orders.
- Battle of Forts Jackson and St. PhilipThe Mississippi River bends sharply south of New Orleans in April 1862. Two stone forts sit on opposite banks, Fort Jackson on the right and Fort St.
- Battle of RichmondIn the summer of 1862, two Confederate armies moved on separate paths into Kentucky. They hoped to put back into power the shadow Confederate government that…
- Capture of New OrleansIn 1860, New Orleans held a population of 168,675 people. This number made it larger than the four next-largest Southern cities combined.
- Battle of Pea RidgeThe Battle of Pea Ridge lasted just two days in March 1862, but its outcome settled the fate of Missouri for the rest of the Civil War.
- Battle of Seven PinesThe Battle of Seven Pines takes its name from a crossroads in Virginia where seven large pine trees once clustered together, and it was there, on the 31st of…