| 1862 |
Victorious |
| JANUARY |
| 19th-20th |
Mill Spring and Logan's Cross Roads, Kentucky |
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| FEBRUARY |
| 6th |
Fort Henry, Tennessee, captured |
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| 16th |
Fort Donelson, Tennessee, captured |
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| 23rd |
Nashville, Tennessee, occupied |
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| MARCH |
| 6th-8th |
Battle of Elk Horn Tavern (Pea Ridge), Arkansas |
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| 8th |
CSS Virginia sinks USS Cumberland and USS Congress off Hampton Roads, Virginia |
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| 9th |
Battle between ironclads CSS Virginia and USS Monitor |
Inconclusive |
| 26th-28th |
Engagement at Glorieta Pass near Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| APRIL |
| 6th-7th |
Battle of Shiloh, Tenneessee |
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| 8th |
CSA garrison on Island No. 10 in Mississippi River surrendered |
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| 12th |
Union raiders steal rail engine "General"; CSA troops recover using engine "Texas" |
Inconclusive |
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