WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1862
Find out what all happened June to December 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 Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River. (17. August 1862)

The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress. (12. July 1862)

American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins. (26. December 1862)

American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope. (9. August 1862)

American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army. (23. July 1862)

In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation. (1. December 1862)

American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war. (17. September 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 Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought. (14. September 1862)

American Civil War: the Potomac River is crossed at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign. (5. September 1862)

American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky. (17. 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 Perryville – Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky. (8. October 1862)

American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia. (15. September 1862)

USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine. (12. December 1862)

American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north. (11. October 1862)

American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee. (4. June 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: Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. (7. December 1862)