Browse all Events in the Civil War 1862 Time Period.
Battle of Harpers Ferry
September 12 – September 15, 1862 The Battle of Harpers Ferry, which took place between September 12 and September 15, 1862, resulted in the largest surrender of Union soldiers during the American Civil War. Emboldened by the Rebel victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run (August 28 to 30, 1862), Confederate commander Robert E.…
Battle of Hatchie’s Bridge
October 5, 1862 The Battle of Hatchie Bridge, also known as the Battle of Davis’s Bridge and the Battle of Matamora, took place in Hardeman County and McNairy County, Tennessee on October 5, 1862. Union prospects were bright for a successful end of the American Civil War in the early part of 1862. In the…
Battle of Iuka
September 19, 1862 Fought on September 19, 1862, the Battle of Iuka was an engagement between Union Major General William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Mississippi and Confederate Major General Sterling Price's Army of the West. Union prospects were bright for a successful end of the American Civil War in the early part of 1862.…
Battle of Kernstown I
March 23, 1862 Fought on March 23, the Battle of Kernstown I was the first engagement of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862. The battle was also Stonewall Jackson's only defeat as commander of a large force during the Civil War. On February 27, 1862, Major General Nathaniel Banks, Union commander of the Department of…
Battle of Lewisburg
May 23, 1862 The Battle of Lewisburg took place in Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) on May 23, 1862. As the possibility of civil war in the United States evolved during the early months of 1861, Virginia was a divided state. Led by residents of the eastern part of the state, Virginians voted to…
Battle of Malvern Hill
July 1, 1862 The Battle of Malvern Hill, also known as the Battles of Poindexter's Farm, was fought on July 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia. It was the sixth and final engagement of the Seven Days Battles and the Peninsula Campaign. On March 17, 1862, Union General George B. McClellan launched his Peninsula Campaign.…
Battle of McDowell
May 8, 1862 Fought on May 8, 1862, the Battle of McDowell was the second engagement and first Confederate victory of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862. In the spring of 1862, Major General George McClellan was preparing to launch his much-anticipated Peninsula Campaign against the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia. In addition to McClellan's…
Battle of Middle Creek
January 10, 1862 The Battle of Middle Creek of also known as the Battle of Big Sandy River, was fought in Floyd County, Kentucky on January 10, 1862. Shortly after the outbreak of the American Civil War (April 12, 1861), the Kentucky Legislature enacted a Declaration of Neutrality (May 16, 1861), intended to keep Kentucky…
Battle of Mill Springs
January 19, 1862 The Battle of Mill Springs, also known as the Battle of Fishing Creek and the Battle of Logan's Crossroads, was the first major Union victory of the American Civil War. Fought in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, near the present-day city of Nancy, Kentucky, on January 19, 1862, Union forces, commanded by Brigadier…
Battle of Munfordville
September 14–17, 1862 Also known as the Battle of Green River, and the Battle of the Green River Bridge, the Battle of Munfordville was fought from September 14-17, 1862 at Munfordville, Kentucky, as part of the Confederate Heartland Campaign. By the middle of 1862, Confederate fortunes were declining in the Western Theater of the American…