America - 1862AD

In 1862AD:

• Richard J. Gatling invented the first practical machine gun.
• A Union fleet under David G. Farragut captured New Orleans.
• Brady, O'Sullivan and Gardner documented the Civil War in photographs.
• Lee defeated the Union army in the Second Battle of Bull Run.
• Lee's Confederate invasion of Maryland was halted at the Battle of Antietam.
• The ironclad warships Monitor and Merrimack clashed at Hampton Roads, Va.
• Union forces under McClellan began the Peninsular Campaign to capture Richmond.
• McClellan was defeated in the Seven Days Battle and retreated from the peninsular.
• Union forces under Burnside were defeated at the Battle of Fredricksburg.
• Union forces under Grant defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh.

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