Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1862

May 31 Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 on this day in history.  

Jun 06 Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

Jun 07 William B Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason, at 42 died on this day in history.  

Jun 17 Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Jun 27 In the year 1862 chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35  

Jun 30 In the year 1862 richard Griffith, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48  

Jul 03 William Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40 on this day in history.  

Jul 05 Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (b. 1800) died on this day in history.  

Jul 15 David Emanuel Twiggs, US Confederate gen-mjr (Monterrey), dies at 72 in the year 1862.  

Jul 24 Martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79 on this day in history.  

Aug 05 Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.  

Aug 06 Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 in the year 1862.  

Aug 09 Joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46 on this day in history.  

Aug 10 Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) died on this day in history.  

Aug 22 In the year 1862 henry Bohlen, German/US brig-general (Union), dies in battle at 51  

Aug 31 George William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Sep 01 In the year 1862 isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44  

Sep 02 Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40 in the year 1862.  

Sep 10 On this day in history carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71  

Sep 14 In the year 1862 jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39  

Sep 17 Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 in the year 1862.  

Sep 19 On this day in history [Lewis] Henry Little, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45  

Sep 29 William "Bull" Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38 died in the year 1862.  

Sep 30 In the year 1862 isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union brig-gen, dies of injury at about 40  

Oct 03 On this day in history pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47  

Oct 04 In the year 1862 william Duncan Smith, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 36  

Oct 08 James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 in the year 1862.  

Oct 16 George Burgwyn Anderson, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

Oct 18 James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th in the year 1862.  

Oct 30 Ormsby Mcknight Mitchel, US astronomer/Union-general-major, dies at 53 in the year 1862.  

Nov 06 On this day in history charles Davis Jameson, US Union brig-gen (Fair Oaks), dies at 35  

Nov 09 John Bordenave Villepigue, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

Nov 11 In the year 1862 death of james Madison Porter, American politician (b. 1793)  

Nov 13 Ludwig Uhland, writer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)  

Jan 08 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born in the year 1862.  

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 In the year 1862 birth of edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)  

Jan 29 Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) was born in the year 1862.  

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