Timeline 1862 Flashcards
General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Henry, Tennessee. Ten days later he accepts the “unconditional and immediate surrender” of Fort Donelson. These victories open up the state of Tennessee for Union advancement.
February 6, 1862
The ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly the sunken USS Merrimack, which the Confederates had raised from the Norfolk Navy Yard and rebuilt as an ironclad) battle to a draw at Hampton Roads, Virginia, demonstrating the superior potential of vessels made of steel.
March 9, 1862
On the peninsula southeast of Richmond, McClellan leads the Army of the Potomac toward Yorktown, Virginia, beginning the Peninsular Campaign.
Union General Ulysses S. Grant prevails at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee, but not without enormous losses.
Conscription is adopted in the Confederacy.
Federal fleet commander David G. Farragut captures New Orleans.
April
Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley campaign begins successfully with a victory at the Battle of McDowell in Virginia.
During the Battle of Seven Pines in Virginia, Robert E. Lee takes over command of the Confederate army from the wounded Joseph E. Johnston.
May 8
Lee forces McClellan’s army to retreat, ending the threat to Richmond in the Seven Days’ campaign.
June 25–July 1
Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune publishes The Prayer of Twenty Millions, a plea for Lincoln to liberate slaves in the Union.
The South is again victorious at the Second Battle of Manassas.
August 20
The Battle of Antietam, Maryland, exacts heavy losses on both sides.
President Lincoln issues the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
September 17
General McClellan receives Lincoln’s order relieving him of command of the Army of the Potomac.
November 7
Lee wins the Battle of Fredericksburg decisively.
December 13
