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Chronology
January
1862- U.S. Senate confirms the appointment of
Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War

February
1809- Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President, is born in
Hardin County, Ky

March
1862- The Monitor, the first Federal ironclad, leaves
New York

April
1861- Confederates open fire on Fort Sumter

May
1863- Stonewall Jackson is accidentally shot by his own
men at Chancellorsville

June
1863- West Virginia is admitted to the Union as the
thirty-fifth state.

July
1863- Battle of Gettysburg

August
1862- Battle of Second Manassas

September
1862- Battle of Antietam

October
1864- Battle of Cedar Creek

November
1860- Lincoln is elected president of the U.S.

December
1862- Battle of Fredericksburg