Une guerre particulièrement intéressante à étudier, y compris lorsque l'on s'intéresse à l'histoire navale. Rappelons que le premier duel entre navires cuirassés se déroula durant ce conflit : USS Monitor c. CSS Virginia le 9 mars 1862.

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The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou ended in 1862. Troops of Gen. William T. Sherman’s XIII Corps of the Army of the Tennessee assaulted the positions of Gen. John Pemberton’s command north of .

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Two baseball teams made up of soldiers played each other on the U.S. base at Hilton Head, SC in 1862. The teams, representing different regiments of New York troops, were watched by as many as 40,000 spectators.

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To meet financial obligations imposed by the civil war, the U.S. government introduced the First Legal Tender Act in 1862. Abraham Lincoln signed the bill, creating the United States Notes, the first legal tender fiat paper money in America.

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Aziraphale, 1862. FraTeRniZiNG!
He's baby, I just love him so much 💖💖💖

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862. Relatos Terroríficos. No confundir con una colección de terror de Junjito, estos son los de Inuki Kanako, la gran dama del terror japonés, con una selección de historias cortas que, si bien no son para todo el mundo, si os mola el terror japonés más allá de Ito, os molarán.

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Just copped my first ! Wasn’t cheap, but got a steal and this is one cool dude!

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This Thomas & Eno lithograph of the Union Pond skating rink is attributed to artist Winslow Homer, c. 1862. According to a letter at , the gentleman in the foreground at far right is William Cammeyer himself: https://t.co/NxoDbFScop

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Inventor Richard J. Gatling patented what is considered the first successful machine gun in 1862. The Gatling Gun saw limited use during the including in the siege of and in suppressing the New York Draft Riots.

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A Circassian warrior, 1862.

Artwork by Charles Parsons (1829-1897)

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The Battle of Munfordville, KY, fought as part of Braxton Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky, ended in 1862. A force of over 4,000 men under Colonel James Wilder surrendered to a much larger confederate force after a three day siege.

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Foote was promoted to Commodore, and received the Thanks of Congress twice for leading his flotilla in the Battles of Fort Henry, and Island Number Ten. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in late 1862.

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Se están agotando los lugares para la conferencia que daré por ZOOM sobre la batalla de Puebla de 1862. Una de las victorias más significativas de las armas mexicanas. Conoce el detalle de la batalla y el papel que jugó cada uno de los militares mexicanos. Informes por mensaje

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December 1862. Union forces assault Marye’s Heights in Fredricksburg. General Meagher leads his 69th Brigade against the Confederate 24th Brigade entrenched on the high ground.

Both units are mostly Irish immigrants, many of whom faced a death sentence in their old country.

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Claude Debussy was born in 1862. He completed La Mer in 1905. Distancing himself from the symphonies and symphonic poems of the German tradition, he called his piece "three symphonic sketches" instead.

So no, it isn't a symphony.

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Foote was promoted to Commodore, and received the Thanks of Congress twice for leading his flotilla in the Battles of Fort Henry, and Island Number Ten. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in late 1862.

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Tonight's goodnight image is 'Sunset, Winter', by Louis Rémy Mignot, oil on canvas, 1862.
Sleep tight.

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Good morning - I hope you slept like a bilberry stuffed capercaillie. I'm starting with 'The Eye of God', by the extraordinary Victorian artist, Georgiana Houghton. Watercolour, 1862.

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