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Civil War Recap 1862 Highlights Across Kentucky and Virginia
Read a compact recap of Civil War events from October 1862. Key actions include Confederate evacuation of Lexington toward the Cumberland Gap, Union and Confederate skirmishes in Kentucky, naval captures by the Alabama, major marches toward Frankfort, and orders related to emancipation. Also noted: flags raised at Galveston, engagements near Aldie and Lawrenceburg, and the ongoing public mood of potential peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
E. Kirby Smith
Cumberlang Gap
Nahant
Boston
Mass
Sibley
Quantrel
Childs
Col. Childs
McClellan
Army of the Potomac
la Vergne
Tenn
Palmer
Anderson
George W. Morgan
Frankfort
Wave
Dunkirk
Alabama
Semmes
General Buck
Blanche
United States
Montgomery
Havana Light
Chaplin Hills
Perryville
Buell
Bragg
Chaplin River
Jackson
Terrell
Sill
Bradford
Renshaw
Galveston
Lawrenceburg
Siegel
Aldie
Ericcson
Montauk
Greenpoint
L. I
West Virginia
Kanawha County
Darlington
Jacksonville
Fla
St. John’s River
Rappahannock
Jarrodsburg
John Boyle
Ninth
Kentucky Cavalry
Harris
Tennessee
J. E. B. Stuart
Chambersburg
Hawesville
Ind
Connelton Home Guards
Letcher
Virginia
Texas Rangers
Giddings
Helena
Ark
Fourth
Iowa Cavalry
Manchester
New York
Liverpool
Col. McReynolds
Imboden
Cacapon Bridge
Winchester
Charlestown
Women of
South Carolina
Elmira Cornelius
Kentucky
Versailles
Revere
Cape Fear
N. C
Potomac
White’s Ford
Monocacy River
Pleasanton
Gainesville
Tex
Missouri
Stahel
Paris
Leesburg
Centerville
Sixth
Sedalia
Hilton Head
S. C
St. John’s Bluff
Confederate Congress
Davis
Confederate House
Tonawanda
Philadelphia
W. G. Chapman