Historical Events In 1862

Dec 24   On this day in history joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84  

Dec 25   In the year 1862 40,000 watch the Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC  

Dec 25   40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC on this day in history.  

Dec 26   -Dec 28th) Battle of Dumfries, VA on this day in history.  

Dec 26   38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato in the year 1862.  

Dec 26   Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS] on this day in history.  

Dec 26   First US navy hospital ship enters service on this day in history.  

Dec 27   On this day in history battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou)  

Dec 28   Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1862.  

Dec 29   On this day in history battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman  

Dec 31   On this day in history -Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro)  

Dec 31   In the year 1862 james Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29  

Dec 31   In the year 1862 president Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union  

Dec 31   On this day in history uSS Monitor founders in a storm off Cape Hatteras, NC.1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)  

Jan 03   Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939) was born in the year 1862.  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)  

Jan 17   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born in the year 1862.  

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of david Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician  

Jan 24   Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth) was born in the year 1862.  

Jan 29   In the year 1862 birth of frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)  

Jan 30   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born in the year 1862.  

Jan 01   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died in the year 1862.  

Jan 05   Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 in the year 1862.  

Jan 18   John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71 on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines died on this day in history.  

Jan 24   James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 in the year 1862.  

Feb 07   On this day in history frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61