Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	Civil War Timeline / Chronology for February 1862 <<Previous year    Next year>> Civil War Navidater 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 February 2, 1862 Captain David Farragut leaves Hampton Roads aboard the USS Hartford en route to assume command of military operations on the southern Mississippi River   David Farragut February 4, 1862 Confederate forces in Fort Heiman withdraw to Fort Henry, across the Tennessee River Tennessee   Fort Henry and Fort Donelson February 6, 1862 Battle of Fort Henry Kentucky Tennessee   Fort Henry and Fort Donelson   Ulysses S. Grant February 7, 1862 February 8, 1862 Battle of Roanoke Island Ambrose Burnside captures Roanoke Island with an amphibious force, taking some 2,765 Confederates as prisoners North Carolina   Ambrose Burnside February 7, 1862 Jackson withdraws from Romney and returns to Winchester West Virginia   Romney Campaign   Stonewall Jackson February 9, 1862 Union Brigadier General Charles Stone arrested and taken to Fort Lafayette, New York and placed in solitary confinement. He was not told the reason for his confinement February 10, 1862 Securing Roanoke Island, Ambrose Burnside's navy destroys a small squadron of Confederate vessels in Pamlico Sound. North Carolina   Ambrose Burnside February 10, 1862 Navy Secretary Gideon Welles forms an organization to review inventions and technical developments. The group eventually became today's National Academy of Science 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   Albert Sidney Johnston   Nathan Bedford Forrest   Gideon Pillow   Lew Wallace   Army of the Tennessee   Fort Henry and Fort Donelson   Simon Bolivar Buckner February 13, 1862 General John Floyd assumes command at Ft. Donalson   John Floyd February 17, 1862 General John Floyd arrives in Nashville after leaving Simon Bolivar Buckner to surrender at Fort Donalson   John Floyd   Simon Bolivar Buckner   Fall of Nashville, February, 1862 February 18, 1862 The first Congress meets in Richmond, Virginia. Prior to this time, legislative duties had been carried out by secessionist convention Virginia February 18, 1862 West Virginia Constitutional Convention adopts the first constitution of the state of West Virginia West Virginia   West Virginia Constitutional Convention February 20, 1862 William Wallace "Willie" Lincoln dies. The 12-year-old son of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln probably had typhoid fever.   Abraham Lincoln February 21, 1862 In the "battle" of Valverde, Federal forces under Colonel E. R. S. Canby are driven into Fort Craig by Brigadier General H. H. Sibley. February 22, 1862 Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the first (and only) President of the Confederate States of America. Alexander Stephens is inaugurated Vice President.   Alexander Stephens   Jefferson Davis February 23, 1862 Ulysses S. Grant orders William Nelson to advance on Nashville Tennessee   Ulysses S. Grant   William 'Bull' Nelson   Fall of Nashville, February, 1862 February 25, 1862 "Bull" Nelson enters Nashville, Tennessee, first Confederate state capital to fall into Union hands. Don Carlos Buell accepts the city's surrender. Nathan Bedford Forrest provides a rear guard for Hardee's Army of Central Kentucky as it withdraws to Alabama. Tennessee   Don Carlos Buell   Nathan Bedford Forrest   William Hardee   Fall of Nashville, February, 1862   William 'Bull' Nelson   John Floyd   Civil War Firsts February 28, 1862 Ford closes the theater for renovation   Ford's Theater February 28, 1862 April 8, 1862 The Battle of New Madrid / Island No. 10 After withdrawing from New Madrid Confederates control Island No. 10, blocking shipping on the Mississippi. Over 5,000 Confederate soldiers on the island surrender to Major General John Pope on April 8.   John Pope January, 1862 May, 1862 September, 1862 February, 1862 June, 1862 October, 1862 March, 1862 July, 1862 November, 1862 April, 1862 August, 1862 December, 1862 Civil War Navidater 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 The best search in Civil War History
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