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The Battle of Port Royal Ferry
On January 1st, there was the Battle of Port Royal Ferry (U.S Civil War). This brisk battle was 25 miles away from Hilton Head. This expedition which achieved Union victory was on a combined land and a naval ship. Source: ( http://www.mycivilwar.com/battles/620101.html ) -
Jackson loses 10,000 of his men
On January 04,1862, Jackson's reputation for keeping his men on the move was cemented when Union forces could barely find his 10,000 men who were on the march. -
President Lincoln issues a war
On January 27, 1862, President Lincoln issued a war order authorizing the Union to launch aggressive action to the confederacy. This war order was ignored by General McClellan. Source: ( https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-war-glass-negatives/articles-and-essays/time-line-of-the-civil-war/1862/ ) -
Jackson returns!
Jackson withdraws from Romney and returns to Winchester on February 7, 1862. Source: ( http://blueandgraytrail.com/year/186202 ) -
First Congress meets in Richmond, Virginia
The first congress meets in Richmond, Virginia. Before this, legislative duties had been carried out by secessionist convention. Source: ( http://blueandgraytrail.com/year/186202 ) -
The First Constitution is adopted
West Virginia Constitutional Convention adopts the first constitution of the state of West Virginia. Source: ( http://blueandgraytrail.com/year/186202 ) -
Union Forces
On March 3, 1862, the union forces under General Pope lay siege. -
McCallen ordered to attack Richmond!
McClellan was ordered to give a command from the Army of the Potomac and then Clellan had to attack Richmond. That was the beginning of the Peninsular Campaign. -
Attempting to reduce the North's great naval advantage
There was an attempt reduce the North's great naval advantage, Confederate engineers converted a scuttled Union frigate, the U.S.S. Merrimac, into an iron-sided vessel rechristened the C.S.S. Virginia. -
The Confederate attacks
On April 6 1862, the Confederate attacked the Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant, when the Confederate forces retreated, the exhausted federal forces did not follow. 13,000 out of 63,000 Union soldiers died and 11,000 of 40,000 Confederate troops were killed. -
McCllelan's troops leave
General McClellan's troops left northern Virginia to begin the Peninsular Campaign, U.S begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond during US Civil War, Flag Officer David Farragut led an assault up the Mississippi River. -
New Forces
On May 1, 1862, the major general Benjamin Butler's forces occupy in the Civil War. -
Homestead Act
On May 20, Lincoln Signs the Homestead Act, Giving citizens 21 years or older the right to buy 160 acres in the West. -
Planning a counterattack against Union Forces
June 23 1862, Robert E. Lee plans a counterattack against Union forces preparing to lay siege to Richmond at the Dabbs House. Source: ( http://blueandgraytrail.com/year/186206 ) -
McClellan and his men
McClellan ordered his men to advance on the left flank of Richmond. He also sent a letter to Washington DC that stated that he was facing an army of 200,000 men and that if he lost to them it would not be his fault and that he would die fighting with his men. Source: ( http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-american-civil-war/american-civil-war-june-1862/ ) -
McClellan get attacked
Robert E. Lee attacked George B. McClellan, whose men made a gallant stand in front of the James River. Lee called off his attack after failing to break the Union line. Source: ( http://blueandgraytrail.com/year/186207 ) -
John Pope defeated
In August, the Union General, John Pope, had been defeated in the Second Battle of Bull Run. However, General Fitz-John Porter was being called the reason of being defeating. -
Pope replaced
General John Pope is replaced Ambrose Burnside, following the disaster at Second Bull Run. -
Abraham visits and arrives
On October 1st, Abraham Lincoln visits Harper's Ferry on his way to Antietam. On October 2nd, Abraham Lincoln arrives at George McClellan's headquarters in Sharpsburg. -
Banks' replacement
On October 26th,Major General Samuel Heintzelman [US] is put in command of Union forces protecting Washington D. C., replacing Nathaniel Banks. -
New Lieutenants
On November 6th, Confederates James Longstreet and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson are promoted to Lieutenant General. -
President & Vice President
On November 6th, Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens are elected President and Vice-President, respectively, of the Confederate States of America. -
Lee's Army strikes
On December 13th, General Ambrose Burnside and the Army of the Potomac is soundly beaten by Lee's Army of North Virginia. -
The resignation of William Seward
On December 16th, a Republican caucus Senators vote 13-11 support a resolution calling for the resignation of William Seward. -
Supply Lines
On December 21st, John Hunt Morgan leads a raid against William S. Rosecrans' supply lines in Kentucky.
