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January 1862
Lincoln issued a war order permitting the Union to launch a unified hostile action opposed to the Confederacy
General McClellan shunned the order -
March 1862
Lincoln became irritated with General McClellan's inactivity
order Issued rearranging the Army of Virginia, relieving McClellan of supreme command
McClellan was specified instructions of the Army of the Potomac
Demanded to attack Richmond
Decided and made the Peninsular Campaign. -
April 1862
April 6, Confederate forces strike Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee
The strike on Fort Sumter caused four more states to join the Confederacy
General Quincy A. Gilmore pummeled Fort Pulaski
The force masonry structure near the mouth of the Savannah River, into acceptance in less than two days
Flag Officer David Farragut led an attack up the Mississippi River.
April 25, he was in command of New Orleans -
May 1862
Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, instructed forces in the Shenandoah Valley
Charged Union forces and forcing them to withdraw across the Potomac river -
June 1862
May 31, the Confederate army striked federal forces at Seven Pines, almost defeating them
Last-minute reinforcements rescued the Union from a fatal defeat.
Confederate commander Joseph E. Johnston was harshly wounded
Command of the Army of Northern Virginia had fallen to Robert E. Lee -
July 1862
Between June 26 and July 2, Union and Confederate forces fought a series of battles:
Mechanicsville (June 26-27)
Gaines's Mill (June 27)
Savage's Station (June 29)
Frayser's Farm (June 30)
Malvern Hill (July 1)
On July 2, the Confederates retreated to Richmond, ending the Peninsular Campaign.
On July 11, Major-General Henry Halleck was named general-in-chief of the Union army. -
August 1862
Union General John Pope endured vanquish at the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 29-30
General Fitz-John Porter was held responsible for the defeat because he had failed to commit his troops to battle quickly enough; he was forced out of the army by 1863. -
September 1862
Union General McClellan vanquished Confederate General Lee at South Mountain and Crampton's Gap in September
Did not move quickly enough to save Harper's Ferry, which fell to Confederate General Jackson on September 156
