6th » American Civil War: forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union (American Civil War) known as Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
10th » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
15th » American Civil War: General (United States) e.g General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
16th » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant Battle of Fort Donelson or captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
21st » American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
22nd » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.