Page 11: Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC on this day in history.   

Aug 29   2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins on this day in history.   

Aug 29   In the year 1862 battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels   

Aug 29   P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   On this day in history uS Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation   

Aug 30   2nd Battle of Bull Run in the year 1862.   

Aug 30   Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee in the year 1862.   

Aug 30   Confederate troops defeat Union forces at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA in the year 1862.   

Aug 31   On this day in history george William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle   

Sep 01   Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist in the year 1862.   

Sep 01   Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties) in the year 1862.   

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

Sep 01   Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia on this day in history.   

Sep 02   On this day in history thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40   

Sep 04   Gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops in the year 1862.   

Sep 04   On this day in history north Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF   

Sep 05   In the year 1862 lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland   

Sep 05   Lee crosses the Potomac &enters Maryland on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland on this day in history.   

Sep 06   On this day in history stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland   

Sep 09   Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry in the year 1862.   

Sep 09   On this day in history lee splits his army &sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry   

Sep 10   Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71 in the year 1862.   

Sep 11   On this day in history o Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer   

Sep 12   On this day in history battle of Harpers Ferry VA   

Sep 13   In the year 1862 dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament   

Sep 14   Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates in the year 1862.   

Sep 14   On this day in history jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39   

Sep 15   On this day in history confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV   

Sep 15   On this day in history stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry   

Sep 16   Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) on this day in history.   

Sep 16   In the year 1862 gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY   

Sep 17   On this day in history battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals   

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Jan 01   In the year 1862 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of john E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)   

Jan 29   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47   

Jan 18   John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71 in the year 1862.   

Jan 20   Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines died in the year 1862.   

Jan 24   On this day in history james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33   

Feb 03   On this day in history jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87   

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