Editing 1862 (section)

=== September ===
*[[American Civil War]]: 
** [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Battle of Chantilly]] &ndash; Confederate General [[Robert E. Lee]] leads his forces in an attack on retreating Union troops in [[Chantilly, Virginia]], driving them away.
** [[September 2]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Abraham Lincoln]] restores Union General [[George B. McClellan]] to full command, after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the [[Second Battle of Bull Run]].
** [[September 5]] &ndash; In the Confederacy's first invasion of the North, General [[Robert E. Lee]] leads 55,000 men of the [[Army of Northern Virginia]] across the [[Potomac River]] at [[White's Ford]] near [[Leesburg, Virginia]], into [[Maryland]].
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Francisco Solano López]] is appointed second [[President of Paraguay]].
*[[American Civil War]]: 
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]:
** [[Battle of Antietam]]: Union forces strategically defeat Confederate troops at [[Sharpsburg, Maryland]], in the bloodiest day in U.S. history, with over 22,000 casualties.
** The [[Allegheny Arsenal]] explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war, with 78 workers – mostly young women – being killed.
* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Battle of Iuka]] &ndash; Union troops under Major General [[William Rosecrans]] defeat a Confederate force commanded by Major General [[Sterling Price]] at [[Iuka, Mississippi]].
* [[September 22]]
** [[Otto von Bismarck]] becomes [[Minister President of Prussia]], following refusal by the country's [[Landtag]] to accept the military budget.
** [[American Civil War]]: The preliminary announcement of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] is made by U.S. President [[Abraham Lincoln]]: From January 1, 1863, slaves in the Confederate States will be considered free.
*[[September 26]] &ndash; [[Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein]] signs into law the [[1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein]].
* [[September 29]] &ndash; New Prussian prime minister [[Otto von Bismarck]] delivers his ''[[Blood and Iron (speech)|Blood and Iron (Blut und Eisen)]]'' speech to the Prussian Landtag.