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 * February 21||Battle of Valverde, New Mexico.
 * March 7||Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
 * March 8||C. S. S. "Virginia" destroys U. S. S. "Congress" and U. S. S. "Cumberland."
 * March 9||U. S. S. "Monitor" and C. S. S. "Virginia" ("Merrimack") meet off Hampton Roads in first naval engagement between ironclad vessels.
 * April 6–7||Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee.
 * April 7||Island No. 10, in Mississippi River, surrendered to General John Pope and Flag Officer Foote's gunboats.
 * April 18 [1962] ||Medal of Honor ceremony held at Washington Cathedral, District of Columbia.
 * April 24||Farragut's U. S. Navy squadron runs by Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the Mississippi River and captures New Orleans.
 * May 8||Battle of McDowell opens Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign. (Port Republic, Cross Keys)
 * May 11||C. S. S. "Virginia" ("Merrimack") destroyed to avoid capture.
 * May 31||Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), Virginia.
 * June 26||Battle of Mechanicsville opens Seven Days' campaign around Richmond.
 * July 4||Morgan and Forrest, Confederate cavalry leaders, begin raids in Kentucky and Tennessee, hampering Buell.
 * July 15||C. S. S. ram "Arkansas" runs through entire Federal squadron at Vicksburg.
 * August 9||Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia.
 * August 28||Second battle of Manassas.
 * September 17||Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg).
 * September 23||Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.
 * October 3||Battle of Corinth, Mississippi.
 * October 8||Battle of Perryville, Kentucky.
 * December 13||Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
 * December 31||Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tennessee.
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 * June 26||Battle of Mechanicsville opens Seven Days' campaign around Richmond.
 * July 4||Morgan and Forrest, Confederate cavalry leaders, begin raids in Kentucky and Tennessee, hampering Buell.
 * July 15||C. S. S. ram "Arkansas" runs through entire Federal squadron at Vicksburg.
 * August 9||Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia.
 * August 28||Second battle of Manassas.
 * September 17||Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg).
 * September 23||Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.
 * October 3||Battle of Corinth, Mississippi.
 * October 8||Battle of Perryville, Kentucky.
 * December 13||Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
 * December 31||Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tennessee.
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 * September 23||Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.
 * October 3||Battle of Corinth, Mississippi.
 * October 8||Battle of Perryville, Kentucky.
 * December 13||Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
 * December 31||Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tennessee.
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 * December 13||Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
 * December 31||Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tennessee.
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