WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JULY 1862
Find out what all happened March to July 1862

Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated. (20. June 1862)

U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (12. May 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: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia. (11. May 1862)

American Civil War: Union forces defeat Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas. (7. March 1862)

Sailing from San Francisco, California to Panama City, Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231. (27. July 1862)

American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ends – the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeats the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee. (7. April 1862)

The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford. (19. 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)

The Russian State Library is founded. (1. July 1862)

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

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law. (20. May 1862)

American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins. (5. April 1862)

American Civil War: the Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the final battle in the Seven Days Campaign, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign. (1. July 1862)

American Civil War: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships. (9. March 1862)

American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. (13. March 1862)

American Civil War: Battle of Memphis – Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates. (6. June 1862)

American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw). (12. April 1862)

American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: the Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory. (1. June 1862)

As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans. (5. June 1862)