1862- U.S. Senate confirms the appointment of Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War1809- Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President, is born inHardin County, Ky1862- The Monitor, the first Federal ironclad, leavesNew York1861- Confederates open fire on Fort Sumter1863- Stonewall Jackson is accidentally shot by his ownmen at Chancellorsville1863- West Virginia is admitted to the Union as thethirty-fifth state.1863- Battle of Gettysburg1862- Battle of Second Manassas1862- Battle of Antietam1864- Battle of Cedar Creek 1860- Lincoln is elected president of the U.S.1862- Battle of Fredericksburg