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	Battle of Yorktown (1862)
		The Battle of Yorktown happened when a regiment or two of General George Mclellans troops met a regiment of the Confederates.
		This would be considered a skirmish because not many people were involved in the fighting.
		Just about 100 years before this battle, the Battle of Yorktown, 1781, became the last Battle of the Revolutionary war.At the end of this battle however, it seemed that the Union troops managed to pull away with another battle won.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Battle_of_Yorktown_(1862).html (84 words)

	Time Line of The Civil War - 1862
		Battle of the "Monitor" and the "Merrimac" -- March 1862
		This battle proved to be the bloodiest day of the war; 2,108 Union soldiers were killed and 9,549 wounded -- 2,700 Confederates were killed and 9,029 wounded.
		The battle convinced the British and French -- who were contemplating official recognition of the Confederacy -- to reserve action, and gave Lincoln the opportunity to announce his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (September 22), which would free all slaves in areas rebelling against the United States, effective January 1, 1863.
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	Battle of yorktown - Yorktown, Battle of. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
		Battle of Yorktown (1862) Battle of Yorktown 1862 Part of the American Civil War Pursuit of the flying rebels from Yorktown Sunday morning.
		The Battle of Yorktown was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War.
		The Battle of Yorktown was a battle fought during the American Revolution.
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	Siege of Yorktown, 4 April to 4 May 1862
		Battle during the American Civil War that first suggested that all was not well with General George McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign.
		Johnston’s main fear at the start of 1862 was that McClellan would march down the Maryland shore of the Potomac, cross over near the mouth of the river and cut him off.
		His assumption was that the Confederates would fortify Yorktown just as the British had done during the War of Independence, allowing McClellan to bypass it to the south and isolate the garrison.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_yorktown1862.html (1770 words)

	Dixie Outfitters
		Battle of USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly Merrimack) at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
		Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam): Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac fight to a standstill along a Maryland creek on the bloodiest day in American history.
		Although the battle was a tactical draw, it forced Lee to end his invasion of the North and retreat back to Virginia.
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	1862 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In March, 1862, this army was transported south and the siege of Yorktown began.
		The line of battle formed a semi-circle parallel to the river and Cooke’s cavalry was placed on a plateau in the rear to the left of the line.
		During the remainder of the Seven Days battles at Savage Station and Malvern Hill, the regiment was an active participant in the combats.
	www.secondcavalry.org /1862.htm (2527 words)

	Chapter 10: The Civil War, 1862
		On January 30, 1862, he directed 15,000 men under Grant, supported by armored gunboats and river craft of the U.S. Navy under Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote, to "take and hold Fort Henry." The actions of subordinate commanders were at last prodding the Union war machine to move.
		The battle as a whole turned out to be a rather confused affair as Buell sought to concentrate units arriving from several different directions upon the battlefield itself.
		As the year 1862 began in the eastern theater, plans prepared in Washington were aimed at the capture of Richmond rather than destruction of the army commanded by Joseph E. Johnston, now a full general.
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	CalendarHome.com - 1862 - Calendar Encyclopedia
		April 5 - American Civil War: Battle of Yorktown - The battle begins when Union forces under General George McClellan close in on the Confederate capital Richmond, Virginia.
		June 8 - American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys - Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George McClellan.
		October 8 - American Civil War: Battle of Perryville - Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky.
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	1862 Civil War Letters - Description of New Berne, NC
		He had but thirteen regiments in the battle and they did not average 800 men a piece.
		After the battle, there was more than one thousand unfit for duty; about 500 killed and wounded and as many more were taken sick soon after from the exposure.
		took no part in the battle and they are quartered in the city and patrol while we are out here and can scarcely get outside the camp.
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	battle of yorktown
		The Battle of Yorktown (1862) was a battle of the American Civil War that was part of the Union offensive called the Peninsular Campaign.
		The battle took place near the 1781 Battle of Yorktown, the last battle of the American Revolutionary War in the east.
		The battle of yorktown had a total strength of 146,000 soldiers for the United States of America, and only 11,000 soldiers for the Confederate States.
	www.civilwar-history.com /Battle-of-Yorktown.aspx (231 words)

	Custom House at Yorktown, Virginia
		By 1720, he had settled in Yorktown, then one of the busiest ports on the east coast of North America.
		At the time and all through the 1700s, Yorktown was the largest port on the East Coast between Philadelphia and Charleston.
		Yorktown's time in the sun passed after the Revolution, and little of note occurred during the years leading up to the "Recent Unpleasantness" (called the Civil War by most).
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	Yorktown
		Yorktown, VA Early fall in 1781, Cornwallis and his troops laid camp and prepared for a siege.
		Fortunately for the history of the United States, Cornwallis was defeated in what would be the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
		Yorktown also saw battle in 1862 when General McClellan began his Peninsula Campaign to capture Richmond.
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	Visit Yorktown VA - Part of the Historic Triangle of Virginia
		The battle at Yorktown and subsequent victory effectively ended the war and gave the colonists what they had long yearned for — Independence.
		Yorktown was established in 1691, and by the early 1700s, had emerged as a major tobacco port and economic center in Virginia.
		At the peak of its success, Yorktown consisted of 2000 residents, a bustling wharf with docks and storehouses, a Main Street that sat atop a bluff and was lined with stately homes, as well as several taverns and shops that were scattered throughout the town.
	www.bandbwilliamsburg.com /yorktown.html (853 words)

	1862 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		April 5 - American Civil War: Battle of Yorktown - The battle begins when Union forces under General George McClellan close in on the Confederate capital Richmond, Virginia.
		June 8 - American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys - Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George McClellan.
		October 8 - American Civil War: Battle of Perryville - Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky.
	www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-1862 (1899 words)

	Civil War Traveler \| Virginia \| Peninsula Campaign
		In the early spring of 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac landed at Fort Monroe at the tip of the Virginia "Peninsula" formed by the James and York Rivers.
		Yorktown - Most famous as the site of the last major battle and siege of the American Revolution, Yorktown was the focus of Major Gen. George B. McClellan's siege operations against Confederate forces commanded by Major Gen. John Bankhead Magruder and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
		Battle of Williamsburg, Trails sign in front of the Park Inn, on Route 60, 7135 Pocahontas Trail in Williamsburg - This was the hottest spot during the May 5, 1862, battle that challenged the Confederate rear guard as that army withdrew from its Peninsula lines toward Richmond.
	www.civilwar-va.com /virginia/va-tidewater/peninsula.html (1434 words)

	USS Yorktown (CG 48)
		USS YORKTOWN was built from keel up to utilize every capability of the awesome Aegis Combat System and was commissioned on 4 July 1984 at Yorktown, VA. It proceeded immediately to work up for a major series of shock trials.
		USS YORKTOWN served as a stabilizing force during her third and fourth Mediterranean deployments, while the world watched in wonder at the end of the Cold War and the tremendous coalition victory in DESERT STORM.
		The USS YORKTOWN was decommissioned on December 3, 2004, at her homeport of Pascagoula, Miss.
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	Battle of yorktown - Battle of Yorktown - 225th Anniversary
		Blackwell: The Battle of Yorktown: The Story of the Climactic Battle of the American Revolution, Fleming, Thomas, ibooks.
		Remarks at the Bicentennial Observance of the Battle of Yorktown
		Battle of Yorktown - Hamilton achieved his dream for glory when he led a charge of 400 men against the British at the Battle of Yorktown in 1881.
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	Battle Summary: Yorktown, VA
		John B. Magruder’s small Confederate army at Yorktown behind the Warwick River.
		Failure to exploit the initial success of this attack, however, held up McClellan for two additional weeks, while he tried to convince his navy to maneuver the Confederates’ big guns at Yorktown and Gloucester Point and ascend the York River to West Point thus outflanking the Warwick Line.
		McClellan planned for a massive bombardment to begin at dawn on May 4, but the Confederate army slipped away in the night toward Williamsburg.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/va009.htm (189 words)

	1862 Eastern Theatre
		Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at Cedar Mountain and by Lee's army at the Second Battle of Manassas push the Federals back to the outskirts of Washington.
		A Confederate offensive across the Potomac is halted and turned back after battles at South Mountain and Antietam (Sharpsburg), Maryland, in mid September.
		Ambrose E. Burnside, throws his army against Lee's near Fredricksbrug, Virginia, in a series of frontal assaults that are easily and bloodily repulsed.
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	Siege of Yorktown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Although the Federals lost the battle it showed the Confederates just how big the force was and a meeting was called by Davis in Richmond.
		McClellan's original plan was to attack the town of Yorktown and the fort at Glouscester Point with his much longer artillery range.
		Johnston, on the other hand, was not about to let McClellan waste Yorktown and part of his army, so he sent a letter to Richmond telling Jefferson Davis that the position he was holding was unattainable.
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	Friends of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
		He was killed in a battle on the streets of Fredericksburg, Virginia, on December 11, 1862.
		Hayward was captured at the Battle of Antietam while tending to the wounded Lieutenant Colonel Francis W. Palfrey.
		During his service, Bartlett lost his leg at the Battle of Yorktown in 1862, spent time as a prisoner in Libby Prison, and was wounded numerous times.
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	Rodes' Brigade
		Battle did participate in Rodes' division's surprise attack against the Union right flank although his regiment was separated from the rest of the unit.
		During the battles of 1864, the Alabamians suffered heavy casualties at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and in the Shenandoah Valley.
		Battle was appointed Major Gen'l, but his wound incapacitated him so that the war ended before he could resume his military career.
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	Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862
		Williamsburg was the first large battlefield encounter between Union and Confederate forces during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862 (American Civil War).
		Realising this, on the night of 4-5 May 1862 the Confederate defenders of Yorktown abandoned their lines and began to fall back towards stronger positions around Richmond.
		The Confederate infantry slipped away from Yorktown nightfall on 3 May. Most of the heavy guns at Yorktown were to be abandoned, so the artillerymen kept up a heavy fire until midnight, and then withdrew.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_williamsburg.html (1367 words)

	The Battle of Yorktown
		Probing the Yorktown line, McClellan's forces were surprised to find the Warwick River a significant stream.
		Yorktown remained in Union control for the rest of the war and was maintained as a military garrison until the summer of 1864.
		In 1863, forces from Yorktown participated in what is known as the Second Peninsula Campaign against Richmond.
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	THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR April 06,1862
		From the Editor: Beauregard's battle plan places the three Confederate corps in line of battle, one behind the other, between Owl Creek and Lick Creek.
		At battle's end almost one of every four of the 100,000 soldiers involved is killed, wounded, or captured.
		PITTSBURG LANDING, April 8, 1862 GENERAL GRANT: The check sustained us at the fallen timbers delayed our advance...Our troops being fagged out by three days' hard fighting, exposure and privation, I ordered them back to camp, where all are now.
	www.civilweek.com /1862/apr0662.htm (2826 words)

	THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR April 13, 1862
		From the Editor: It is a symptom of the desperation felt by the civil authorities in Richmond, that the Confederate Congress approves a resolution authorizing general conscription.
		All persons of color lately held to involuntary service by enemies of the United States in Fort Pulaski and on Cockspur Island, Ga., are hereby confiscated and declared free in conformity with law, and shall hereafter receive the fruits of their own labor.
		SIR: I embarked on board the transports Tecumseh and White Cloud, during the evening of the 12th instant, 100 men of the Fourth Illinois Cavalry...and the brigade of General Fry...escorted by the gunboats Tyler and Lexington.
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	A.J. Juckett Letters 1862
		In the beginning of 1862, we find A.J. and the rest of the Second Michigan Infantry camped for the winter near Alexandria, Virginia.
		In the last days of August, the Second was in the rear area at the Second Battle of Bull Run and in a letter from September 18, A.J. describes his feelings after the North's defeat.
		In A.J's final letter of 1862 he describes the battle of Fredericksburg, and the suffering the men endured, saying "I never knew what suffering there was until I helped take off the wounded," and "There were men shot in every shape and place,"
	www.thejucketts.com /civilwar/1862.htm (342 words)

	Timeline 1862-1863
		1862 Jun 8, The Army of the Potomac defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia, during the Peninsula Campaign.
		1862 Jul 24, Martin Van Buren (79), the eighth president of the United States, died in Kinderhook, N.Y. 1862 Jul 29, At Moore’s Mill in Missouri, the Confederates were routed by Union guerrillas.
		1862 Oct 27, A Confederate force was routed at the Battle of Labadieville, near Bayou Lafourche in Louisiana.
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	1862 - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		September 12 - American Civil War: Battle of Harpers Ferry - Confederates capture the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
		September 17 - American Civil War: Battle of Antietam - Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the bloodiest day in U.S. history (with over 22,000 casualties).
		September 19 - American Civil War: Battle of Iuka - Union troops under Major General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Major General Sterling Price at Iuka, Mississippi.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/1862 (1931 words)

	Battle Summary: Yorktown, VA
		John B. Magruder’s small Confederate army at Yorktown behind the Warwick River.
		Failure to exploit the initial success of this attack, however, held up McClellan for two additional weeks, while he tried to convince his navy to maneuver the Confederates’ big guns at Yorktown and Gloucester Point and ascend the York River to West Point thus outflanking the Warwick Line.
		McClellan planned for a massive bombardment to begin at dawn on May 4, but the Confederate army slipped away in the night toward Williamsburg.
	www.nps.gov /history/hps/abpp/battles/va009.htm (189 words)

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