American Civil War timeline
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Confederate Fort Surrenders After Union Artillery Bombardment
The Battle of Fort Macon or, better, the Siege of Fort Macon took place from 23 March to 26 April 1862, on the Outer Banks of Carteret County,... Read more
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Battle of Glorieta Pass
Other Names: La Glorieta Pass Location: Santa Fe County and San Miguel County Campaign: Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign (1862) Date(s): March... Read more
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Battle of Stanwix Station - Westernmost Skirmish of the American Civil War
Stanwix Station, in western Arizona, was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Stagecoach line built in the 1850s near the Gila River about 80 miles... Read more
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Battle of Yorktown - Union Forces Win near Site of Revolutionary War's Final Battle
The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.... Read more
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Battle of Shiloh
Other Names: Pittsburg Landing Location: Hardin County Campaign: Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers... Read more
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Battle of Fort Pulaski
The defining events of Fort Pulaski occurred during the American Civil War. In April of 1862, Union troops directed rifled cannon fire at the fort... Read more
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Battle of Peralta - Union Forces Defeat the 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers
The Battle of Peralta was a minor engagement near the end of Confederate General Henry Hopkins Sibley's 1862 New Mexico Campaign. Retreating after... Read more
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Battle of Albuquerque
The Battle of Albuquerque was a small engagement of the American Civil War in April, 1862. Between General Henry Hopkins Sibley's Army of New... Read more
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Battle of Picacho Peak - Confederate Pickets Defeat Union Cavalry Patrol
The Skirmish of Picacho Pass (also known as the Battle of Picacho Pass or Peak ) was fought on April 15, 1862 near Picacho Peak, 50 miles (80 km)... Read more
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Union Navy Fleet Attacks Confederate Forts at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Phillip
The Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip (April 18–28, 1862) in the American Civil War was the decisive battle for possession of New Orleans. The... Read more
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Battle of South Mills - Confederates Thwart Attempt to Destroy a Canal
The Battle of South Mills, also known as the Battle of Camden, took place on April 19, 1862 in Camden County, North Carolina as part of Union Army... Read more
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Capture of New Orleans
At noon on April 25, Farragut anchored in front of New Orleans; Forts Jackson and St. Philip, isolated and continuously bombarded by the mortar... Read more
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First Battle of Corinth
The Siege of Corinth (also known as the First Battle of Corinth) was an American Civil War battle fought from April 29 to June 10, 1862, in... Read more
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Hoax Saves Confederate Army at the Siege of Corinth
The Siege of Corinth (also known as the First Battle of Corinth) was an American Civil War battle fought from April 29 to June 10, 1862, in... Read more
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Battle of Dragoon Springs
The Battle of Dragoon Springs was a minor skirmish between a small troop of Confederate soldiers, (Company A of Governor John R. Baylor's Regiment... Read more
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Battle of Williamsburg - Peninsula Campaign's First Battle
The Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, took place on May 5, 1862, in York County, James City County, and... Read more
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Battle of Eltham's Landing
The Battle of Eltham's Landing, also known as the Battle of Barhamsville, or West Point, took place on May 7, 1862, in New Kent County, Virginia,... Read more
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Battle of McDowell - Stonewall Jackson's Confederates Defeat Union Forces
Description: From Staunton, Maj. Gen. T.J. Jackson marched his army west along the Parkersburg Road to confront two brigades of Frémont’s force... Read more
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Battle of Drewry's Bluff
The Battle of Drewry’s Bluff, also known as the Battle of Fort Darling or Fort Drewry, took place on May 15, 1862, in Chesterfield County,... Read more
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Lincoln Establishes the Department of Agriculture
On May 15, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln established the independent Department of Agriculture to be headed by a Commissioner without Cabinet... Read more
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"Blind Tom" Wiggins performs at Camp Magnum, a Confederate Army camp
A letter written in 1862 by a soldier in North Carolina described some of Tom's eccentric capabilities: "One of his most remarkable feats was the... Read more
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Battle of Whitney's Lane
The Battle of Whitney's Lane was a small, but psychologically important, land battle of the American Civil War fought on May 19, 1862, in... Read more
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Belle Boyd Braves Enemy Fire while Spying for Confederacy
Isabella Marie Boyd (May 9, 1844[2] – June 11, 1900), best known as Belle Boyd considering her middle name; or Cleopatra of the Secession, was a... Read more
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Battle of Front Royal
Description of the Battle Prelude: On 21 May 1862, the US army under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, numbering about 9,000 men, was concentrated... Read more
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First Battle of Winchester - Stonewall Jackson Defeats Nathaniel P. Banks
Description: After skirmishing with Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks’s retreating army at Middletown and Newtown on May 24, Maj. Gen. T.J. Jackson’s... Read more