Civil War Timeline / Chronology for November 1862

November 2, 1862	Naval assault on Ft. McAllister
	Fort McAllister
November 2, 1862	Ulysses S. Grant begins the First Vicksburg campaign	Mississippi
	First Vicksburg Campaign
	Ulysses S. Grant
November 4, 1862	Moving south, east of the Mississippi, Ulysses S. Grant enters La Grange and Grand Junction.	Tennessee
	First Vicksburg Campaign
	Ulysses S. Grant
November 4, 1862	For the first time since the party was founded, Republicans lose seats in Congress.
	Republican Party
November 5, 1862	Lincoln orders McClellan to be releived of command because he did not pursue Lee following the Confederate loss at Antietam
	Abraham Lincoln
	George McClellan
November 6, 1862	Confederates James Longstreet and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson are promoted to Lieutenant General
	Stonewall Jackson
	James Longstreet
November 7, 1862	Ambrose E. Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, relieving George B. McClellan
	George McClellan
	Army of the Potomac
	Ambrose Burnside
November 7, 1862	Braxton Bragg reorganizes the Department of Mississippi, creating two corps, one under William Hardee and one under Leonidas Polk
	Braxton Bragg
	Leonidas Polk
	William Hardee
November 8, 1862	Benjamin Butler [US] is relieved of duty in New Orleans because of his total disregard of the civilian population. Nathaniel Banks is chosen to replace him. Butler closes all breweries and distilleries to retaliate against civilians	Louisiana
	Benjamin Butler
	Nathaniel Banks
November 14, 1862	Ambrose Burnside reorganises the Army of the Potomac command structure into three Grand Divisions with the Right Grand Division under Major Edwin Vose Sumner, Central Grand Division under Joe Hooker and the Left Grand Division under William B. Franklin
	Edwin Vose Sumner
	Ambrose Burnside
	Joseph Hooker
	William B. Franklin
November 15, 1862	Confederate Secretary of War George Randolph resigns over President Jefferson Davis's control of the War Department
November 17, 1862	Burnsides Right Grand Division, under the command of Edwin Vose Sumner arrives north of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg.	Virginia
	Edwin Vose Sumner
	Fredericksburg
November 19, 1862	Naval assault on Ft. McAllister	Georgia
	Fort McAllister
November 20, 1862	The Army of Mississippi is renamed The Army of Tennessee
	Army of Mississippi
	Army of Tennessee
November 21, 1862	James Seddon becomes Confederate Secretary of War
November 24, 1862	Joseph E. Johnston [CS] assumes command of a reorganized Department of the West with two armies under him, Bragg's Army of Tennessee and Pemberton's Army of Mississippi
	Joseph E. Johnston
	Braxton Bragg
	Army of Tennessee
November 28, 1862	Battle of Cane Hill Battle of Boston Mountains James Blunt [US] defeats John Marmaduke [CS]	Arkansas
November 29, 1862	John Magruder assumes command of Confederate forces in Texas	Texas
	John Magruder