Blue and Gray Trail
Civil War Encyclopedia
Civil War in Georgia
On the Blue and Gray Trail
Civil War by state
Today in the Civil War
This year in the Civil War
Battles
Images
Places
Feature Stories
Links
Search
<<Previous year Next year>>
| Century | 1700's | 1800's | 1900's | 2000's | ||||||||
| Decade | 1800's | 1810's | 1820's | 1830's | 1840's | 1850's | 1860's | 1870's | 1880's | 1890's | ||
| Year | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | ||
| January, 1862 | May, 1862 | September, 1862 |
| February, 1862 | June, 1862 | October, 1862 |
| March, 1862 | July, 1862 | November, 1862 |
| April, 1862 | August, 1862 | December, 1862 |
Major events of 1862
| February 13, 1862 February 16, 1862 |
Battle of Ft. Donelson
General Ulysses S. Grant demands the unconditional surrender of the garrison from an old friend, Simon Bolivar Buckner |
Tennessee |
| Fort Henry and Fort Donelson | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| John Floyd | ||
| John A. McClernand | ||
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||
| Gideon Pillow | ||
| Lew Wallace | ||
| Army of the Tennessee | ||
| Fort Henry and Fort Donelson | ||
| Simon Bolivar Buckner | ||
| March 6, 1862 March 8, 1862 |
Battle of Pea Ridge [US]
Battle of Elkhorn Tavern [CS] |
Arkansas |
| Earl Van Dorn | ||
| Sterling Price | ||
| March 9, 1862 | Battle of Hampton Roads
The duel of the ironclads, The Monitor and The Merrimac (CSS Virginia). First use of a turreted gun. |
Virginia |
| Hampton Roads | ||
| Civil War Firsts | ||
| April 6, 1862 April 7, 1862 |
Battle of Pittsburg Landing [Union]
Battle of Shiloh [Confederate] Ulysses S. Grant [US] defeats Albert Sidney Johnston [CS] in southwest Tennessee. P. G. T. Beauregard assumed command following Johnston's death Confederate Losses 1,723 dead 8,012 wounded 959 missing Union Losses 1,754 dead 8,408 wounded 2,885 missing |
Tennessee |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Sherman's Memoirs on Shiloh | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Battle of Shiloh | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| Don Carlos Buell | ||
| Albert Sidney Johnston | ||
| John Breckinridge | ||
| William Hardee | ||
| William 'Bull' Nelson | ||
| Lew Wallace | ||
| Lew Wallace at Shiloh | ||
| Army of the Tennessee | ||
| James McPherson | ||
| Army of Mississippi | ||
| April 25, 1862 | After a duel with Confederate ships at English Turn, Commadore Farragut's fleet weighs anchor at New Orleans and demands the surrender of the largest city and most important port in the South. By the time Farragut arrives the city was partially on fire. | Louisiana |
| David Farragut | ||
| Battle of New Orleans | ||
| May 31, 1862 June 1, 1862 |
Battle of Seven Pines [US]
Battle of Fair Oaks [CS] |
Virginia |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| Peninsula Campaign | ||
| Battle of Fair Oaks - Seven Pines | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| John B. Gordon | ||
| Oliver O. Howard | ||
| Daniel Harvey Hill | ||
| Benjamin Huger | ||
| John Sedgwick | ||
| Samuel Garland | ||
| Darius Couch | ||
| June 1, 1862 | Jefferson Davis replaces wounded Army of Northern Virginia commander Joseph E. Johnston with Robert E. Lee | |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| June 27, 1862 | Battle of Gaines Mill [US]
Battle of First Cold Harbor [CS] Battle of the Chickahominy [Alternate] John Bell Hood [CS] and George Pickett [CS] breakthrough Fitz John Porter's [US] line, forcing Union troops south of the Chickahominy River and severing McClellan's supply line to Eltham's Landing (White House, West Point) |
Virginia |
| Seven Days Retreat | ||
| John Bell Hood | ||
| Battle of Gaines Mill | ||
| Daniel Harvey Hill | ||
| A. P. Hill | ||
| Fitz-John Porter | ||
| Gouverneur K. Warren | ||
| George Pickett | ||
| George Meade | ||
| John Reynolds | ||
| July 1, 1862 | Battle of Malvern Hill
Battle of Malvern Cliffs Robert E. Lee [CS] attacked George B. McClellan [U.S.], whose men made a gallant stand in front of the James River. Lee called off his attack after failing to break the Union line. |
Virginia |
| George McClellan | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Seven Days Retreat | ||
| Battle of Malvern Hill | ||
| Fitz-John Porter | ||
| Darius Couch | ||
| August 29, 1862 August 30, 1862 |
Second Manassas[CS]
Second Bull Run[US] General John Pope [US] lost to General Robert E. Lee[CS]. General James Longstreet's [CS] 28,000 man assault on August 30 was the largest simultaneous assault of the war in this Confederate victory. Union losses 13,830 Confederate losses 8,350 Also includes: Manassas Plains, Gainesville |
Virginia |
| James Longstreet | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Second Manassas - Second Bull Run | ||
| Fitz-John Porter | ||
| Northern Virginia Campaign | ||
| John Pope | ||
| Gouverneur K. Warren | ||
| John Reynolds | ||
| Army of Virginia | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| Samuel Heintzelman | ||
| September 12, 1862 September 15, 1862 |
Battle of Harpers Ferry
Stonewall Jackson takes 12,000 prisoners |
Maryland Virginia |
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Battle of Harpers Ferry | ||
| Harpers Ferry | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Antietam | ||
| September 17, 1862 | Battle of Sharpsburg (Confederate)
Battle of Antietam (Union) Army of the Potomac under McClellan [US] defeats the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee [CS], resulting in the bloodiest day in American history. Union losses:12,401 men 2,108 dead 9,540 wounded 753 missing Confederate losses:10, 406 1,546 dead 7,752 wounded 1,108 missing |
Maryland |
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| George Meade | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Antietam | ||
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| September 22, 1862 | Following the preemptive strike at Antietam President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in states or portions of states still in rebellion on January 1, 1863 | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Emancipation Proclamation | ||
| The Emancipation of Slaves | ||
| Antietam | ||
| November 7, 1862 | Ambrose E. Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, relieving George B. McClellan | |
| George McClellan | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| Ambrose Burnside | ||
| December 13, 1862 | Battle of Fredericksburg
General Ambrose Burnside and the Army of the Potomac is soundly beaten by Lee's Army of North Virginia. |
|
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Ambrose Burnside | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Fredericksburg | ||
| William B. Franklin | ||
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| Jubal Anderson Early | ||
| John Reynolds | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| December 31, 1862 | Battle of Stone's River [US]
Battle of Murfreesboro [CS] Braxton Bragg forces William Rosecrans to retreat, but Rosecrans returns to defeat Bragg on January 2, 1863. Union 13,249 Confederate 10,266 |
Tennessee |
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| William S. Rosecrans | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| John Breckinridge | ||
| Army of the Cumberland | ||
| Philip Sheridan | ||
| Stone's River |
| January, 1862 | May, 1862 | September, 1862 |
| February, 1862 | June, 1862 | October, 1862 |
| March, 1862 | July, 1862 | November, 1862 |
| April, 1862 | August, 1862 | December, 1862 |
| Century | 1700's | 1800's | 1900's | 2000's | ||||||||
| Decade | 1800's | 1810's | 1820's | 1830's | 1840's | 1850's | 1860's | 1870's | 1880's | 1890's | ||
| Year | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | ||
Battles | Places | Events by year | Events by date | Feature Stories |
Bookstore | Links | Who We Are |