WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO OCTOBER 1862
Find out what all happened July to October 1862

American Civil War: Major General J.E.B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. (17. August 1862)

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

American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly – Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia. (1. September 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)

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: Battle of Iuka – Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price. (19. September 1862)

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

American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank. (16. July 1862)

American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run. (2. September 1862)

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

American Civil War – Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General Horatio Wright. (30. August 1862)

Slavery in the United States: a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released. (22. September 1862)

American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history. (17. September 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: the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (6. August 1862)

American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war. (17. September 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 Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North. (4. September 1862)

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