55 events found for 1862
American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William…
American Civil War: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson inflict heavy casualties in the Battle of…
American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to…
American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the…
American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland.…
American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
American Civil War: George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac halts the first invasion of the North by Robert E. Lee…
American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania results in the single largest…
The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
Taiping Rebellion: The Ever Victorious Army defeats Taiping forces at the Battle of Cixi.
A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.