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| January 1, 1862 | Minister to Great Britain John Slidell and Minister to France, James Mason are released from Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts and allowed to continue their journey, effectively ending the Trent Affair | Massachusetts |
| Trent Affair | ||
| January 1, 1862 | Stonewall Jackson begins the Romney Campaign from Winchester, Virginia | |
| Romney Campaign | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| January 4, 1862 | Jackson takes Bath (now West Virginia) | West Virginia |
| Romney Campaign | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| January 6, 1862 | Stonewall Jackson shells Hancock, MD for 2 days from the West Virginia side of the Potomac | West Virginia |
| Romney Campaign | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| January 10, 1862 | With McClellan ill, Abraham Lincoln calls a White House meeting with Irvin McDowell, William Franklin, Salmon Chase, Edwin Stanton, and Thomas Scott. Lincoln told them "..if McClellan is not going to use the Army anytime soon, I would like to borrow it." | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| Edwin Stanton | ||
| Salmon P. Chase | ||
| January 10, 1862 | Federal forces under "Old Ben" Kelley withdraw from Romney | West Virginia |
| Romney Campaign | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| January 10, 1862 | Battle of Middle Creek | Kentucky |
| Battle of Middle Creek | ||
| James Garfield | ||
| January 11, 1862 | Simon Cameron resigns as Secretary of War | |
| January 14, 1862 | Confederates under Stonewall Jackson take Romney | West Virginia |
| Romney Campaign | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| January 15, 1862 | Edwin Stanton becomes Secretary of War following the resignation of Simon Cameron | |
| Edwin Stanton | ||
| January 19, 1862 | Battle of Mill Springs | Kentucky |
| Battle of Mill Springs | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| Felix Zollicoffer | ||
| January 19, 1862 | General Felix Zollicoffer is shot and killed when he accidently crosses the Union line and speaks to Col. S. S. Fry [US] at the battle of Mill Springs | Kentucky |
| Battle of Mill Springs | ||
| Generals Who Died In the Civil War | ||
| Felix Zollicoffer | ||
| January 26, 1862 | General P. G. T. Beauregard ordered west to become second-in-command to Albert Sidney Johnston | |
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Albert Sidney Johnston | ||
| January 30, 1862 | USS Monitor, the first ship featuring a turreted center gun, is launched. The design changes naval warfare forever | |
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