Events

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Type	Date Span	Title
Battles/Soldiers	Thu, February 20, 1862	In North Carolina, New York troops burn the town of Winton on the Chowan River
Personal	Thu, February 20, 1862	Eleven-year old Willie Lincoln, the President's third son, dies of typhoid in the White House
Lawmaking/Litigating	Fri, February 21, 1862	Slave ship captain Nathaniel Gordon executed in New York City as a pirate for slave trading
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, February 21, 1862	Confederate Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley inflicts a heavy defeat on Union forces in New Mexico
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, February 22, 1862	In a rainy Richmond, Virginia, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated to a full term as Confederate president
Crime/Disasters	Sat, February 22, 1862	Off the coast of Ireland, a timber ship is smashed on the rocks of Dingle Bay and nine crewmen drown
Crime/Disasters	Sat, February 22, 1862	North of London, a coal train and cattle train collide resulting in death and serious injuries
Personal	Sat, February 22, 1862	Mary Smith Peake, teacher of classes for "contrabands," dies of tuberculosis in Hampton, Virginia
Battles/Soldiers	Sun, February 23, 1862	In Tennessee, Confederate forces evacuate Nashville, the state capital
Crime/Disasters	Mon, February 24, 1862 - Tue, February 25, 1862	Off the coast of Massachusetts, the massive winter storm drowns 128 Gloucester fishermen
Crime/Disasters	Mon, February 24, 1862 - Tue, February 25, 1862	Huge, wind-swept fire devastates Boston's docks and kills two firefighters
Crime/Disasters	Mon, February 24, 1862	Strong winds damage buildings in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and New York City
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, February 25, 1862	The War Department takes over all telegraph communication in the United States
Battles/Soldiers	Tue, February 25, 1862	In Tennessee, Nashville becomes the first Confederate capital to fall to the Union
Battles/Soldiers	Tue, February 25, 1862	At Columbus, Kentucky, Confederate forces begin the abandonment of "the Gibraltar of the West"
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, February 26, 1862	President Lincoln signs the Loan and Treasury Act, creating a national paper currency
Education/Culture	Wed, February 26, 1862	The president of Harvard dies suddenly at his brother's home in eastern Pennsylvania
Crime/Disasters	Thu, February 27, 1862	In Philadelphia, a workshop producing Japan varnish explodes, killing its owner
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, February 27, 1862	Jefferson Davis declares martial law in and around the Virginia towns of Norfolk and Portsmouth
Religion/Philosophy	Fri, February 28, 1862	Fast day of "humiliation, prayer, and thanksgiving" observed throughout the Confederacy
Education/Culture	Fri, February 28, 1862	In Paris, Charles Gounod's opera "The Queen of Sheba" has its first performance
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, February 28, 1862	At Beaufort, North Carolina, Confederate commerce raider Nashville returns home
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, March 1, 1862	Jefferson Davis declares martial law in the Richmond area and also bans the production of spirits
Battles/Soldiers	Sun, March 2, 1862	Famous explorer and Union general Frederick West Lander dies at his headquarters in western Virginia
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sun, March 2, 1862	In Richmond, former Constitutional Unionist congressman John Minor Botts is arrested in dawn raid
Battles/Soldiers	Mon, March 3, 1862	At Columbus, Kentucky, Union forces take possession of "the Gibraltar of the West"
Battles/Soldiers	Mon, March 3, 1862	Generals Buckner and Tilghman, captured at Fort Donelson, arrive in Boston as prisoners-of-war
Battles/Soldiers	Mon, March 3, 1862	On the northern Florida coast, Union forces capture Fernandina and Fort Clinch on Amelia Island
US/the World	Mon, March 3, 1862	In Italy, Baron Bettino Ricàsoli resigns as Prime Minister
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, March 3, 1862	President Lincoln names Andrew Johnson the military governor of Tennessee