WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1862
Find out what all happened March to December 1862

American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world. (9. June 1862)

American Civil War: Forces under Union Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana. (25. April 1862)

Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment falsifying the theory of spontaneous generation. (20. April 1862)

American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut. (29. April 1862)

American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law. (16. April 1862)

American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia. (16. April 1862)

American Civil War: Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. (7. December 1862)

James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon. (5. September 1862)

American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys – Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan. (8. June 1862)

American Civil War: The Union Army completes the Capture of New Orleans. (1. May 1862)

American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia. (11. May 1862)

American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. (28. August 1862)

American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought. (14. September 1862)

American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge – along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats. (5. August 1862)

U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (12. May 1862)

American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time. (5. November 1862)

American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. (31. December 1862)

American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside. (13. December 1862)

Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia (7. October 1862)

American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass – in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26. (28. March 1862)