Timeline 1862January 1862 -- Abraham Lincoln Takes Action To Use Force Against The Confederates, Which Mcclellan Ignores February 25 1862: Nashville Is First Confederate State Capital To Fall To The Union March 1862 -- Mcclellan Loses Command Of The Army Of Virginia And Is Assigned To The Army Of The Potomac Which Is Ordered To Attack Richmond. March 6-8 1862—The Union Took Control Of Missouri At Held It For Two Years March 1862 -- The "Monitor" And The "C.S.S. Virgina” This Battle On The Sea Ended In A Draw April 1862 -- The Battle Of Shiloh, The Union Won The Battle, But Sustained More Casualties Than The Confederates. April 1862 – Flag Officer David Farragut Led An Assault Up The Mississippi River And By April 25, He Was In Command Of New Orleans. May 1862 -- "Stonewall" Jackson Defeats Union Forces In Shenandoah Valley To Where The Union Troops Were Rushed To Protect Washington D.C. July 1862 The Confederates Lost The Peninsular War July 1862 – General Henry Halleck Became The New General-In-Chief Of The Union Army September 1862 -- Harper's Ferry Fell Into Confederate Hands. September 1862 – A Battle New Sharpsburg, Maryland, Confederates Lost More Soldiers, Mcclellan Was Considered The Victor, And The British And French Reserved Action While Lincoln Announced His Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. September 23 1862 -- Sabine Pass Was Taken Over By Union.
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