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Civil War Timeline / Chronology for January 1862 <<Previous year Next year>> January, 1862
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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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