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Mitchel [US] is ordered to command the Department of the South. September 2, 1862 Kirby Smith enters Lexington, Kentucky Kentucky   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky   E. Kirby Smith September 2, 1862 General John Pope is replaced by Ambrose Burnside, following the disaster at Second Bull Run, combining the Army of Virginia with the Army of the Potomac under George McClellan   George McClellan   John Pope   Antietam   Army of Virginia   Army of the Potomac   Ambrose Burnside September 3, 1862 Confederate forces capture Frankfurt, the capital of Kentucky Kentucky   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky September 5, 1862 Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia enters Maryland Maryland   Robert E. Lee   Antietam September 6, 1862 Army of Northern Virginia enters Frederick Maryland   Army of Northern Virginia   Antietam September 8, 1862 Moving north through Maryland Confederates destroy the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge over the Monacacy River   Baltimore and Ohio Railroad September 9, 1862 General Robert E. Lee issues Special Order No. 191   Special Orders No. 191   Robert E. Lee   Antietam September 9, 1862 Samuel P. Heintzelman is put in command of defenses south of Washington, D. C.   Samuel Heintzelman   Washington D. C. 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 13, 1862 George McClellan's men find a copy of Lee's Special Orders No. 191 issued on September 9, detailing deployment of Confederate troops during the initial phase of the invasion of Maryland, including the attack on Harper's Ferry Maryland   Battle of Harpers Ferry   Robert E. Lee   George McClellan   Special Orders No. 191   Antietam September 13, 1862 W. W. Loring advances down the Kanawha Valley. Federal forces evacuate Charleston. West Virginia September 14, 1862 Brigadier General Samuel Garland [CS] is mortally wounded during the Battle of Fox's Gap, dying later that day. Later that day, Major General Jesse Reno [US] is also mortally wounded a few feet from the spot where Garland fell. Maryland   Generals Who Died In the Civil War   Samuel Garland September 14, 1862 Battle of Turners Gap Battle of Fox's Gap Battle of South Mountain Battle of Cramptons Gap George McClellan reacts to finding Special Order No. 191 with attacks on the gaps in South Mountain, forcing Lee to reorganize at Sharpsburg Maryland   George McClellan   Special Orders No. 191   Army of Northern Virginia   Antietam   William B. Franklin   Rutherford B. Hayes September 14, 1862 September 17, 1862 Battle of Munfordville After being initially repulsed by a federal garrison of 4,000, Braxton Bragg [CS] laid a brief seige. Federals surrendered on the 17th. Kentucky   Braxton Bragg   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky   Simon Bolivar Buckner   Battle of Munfordville September 15, 1862 With the fall of Harper's Ferry, Stonewall Jackson begins sending men to Robert E. Lee, preparing to face the Army of the Potomac at Sharpsburg. 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 19, 1862 Battle of Iuka William Rosecrans [US] beat Sterling Price [CS] who withdrew when scouts report a column under the command of Edward O. C. Ord was advancing from the Mississippi. Mississippi   William S. Rosecrans   Sterling Price September 19, 1862 September 20, 1862 Skirmishes at Shepherdstown, Ashby's Gap, Williamsport, and Hagerstown, as Confederates under A. P. Hill covered the retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia from Sharpsburg. Lee would keep a heavy cavalry presence in the area until October. Maryland Virginia West Virginia   Antietam   A. P. Hill   Army of Northern Virginia 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 September 23, 1862 Newspapers in the North print the Preliminary Emancipation Proclaimation September 24, 1862 September 25, 1862 While blocking the Texas coast, the U. S. Navy encounters a Rebel regiment at Sabine Pass. After a Union shelling Rebels withdraw. Texas September 24, 1862 14 governors declare their support for the President and emancipation from a conference in Altoona, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania September 25, 1862 Don Carlos Buell arrives in Louisville, KY, beating Braxton Bragg to the Ohio River. Kentucky   Braxton Bragg   Don Carlos Buell   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky   Army of the Ohio September 27, 1862 The Confederate Congress passes the Second Conscription Act, authorizing the President to draft men between the ages of 35 and 45 September 27, 1862 The first all-black regiment in United States history is formed in Union-controlled New Orleans from "free Negroes." While their technical name is the First Regiment Louisiana Native Guard they call themselves "Chasseurs d'Afrique". The name translates to "Hunters of Africa."   Civil War Firsts September 29, 1862 General William A. Nelson gets into an altercation with General Jefferson C. Davis at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky. Davis returns later with a gun and shoots and kills Nelson. Kentucky   Generals Who Died In the Civil War   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky   William 'Bull' Nelson September 29, 1862 George Thomas offered command of the Army of the Ohio. He refuses, unaware that Abraham Lincoln had made the offer after receiving a plea for Thomas from 20 officers in the Army of the Ohio.   George Thomas   Army of the Ohio   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky   Don Carlos Buell 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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