Historical Events In 1862

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

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

Aug 29   On this day in history battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels  

Aug 29   In the year 1862 p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)  

Aug 29   US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation on this day in history.  

Aug 30   In the year 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run  

Aug 30   In the year 1862 battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY  

Aug 30   Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee on this day in history.  

Aug 30   Confederate troops defeat Union forces at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 01   Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties) on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44 on this day in history.  

Sep 01   In the year 1862 severe action at Chantilly, Virginia  

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

Sep 04   On this day in history gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops  

Sep 04   In the year 1862 north Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF  

Sep 05   On this day in history lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland  

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

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

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

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

Sep 09   In the year 1862 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   In the year 1862 o Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer  

Sep 12   Battle of Harpers Ferry VA on this day in history.  

Sep 13   On this day in history dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament  

Sep 14   Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates on this day in history.  

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

Sep 15   In the year 1862 confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV  

Sep 15   Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry on this day in history.  

Sep 16   On this day in history battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)  

Sep 16   Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY in the year 1862.  

Sep 17   Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 23   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician was born in the year 1862.  

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

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   In the year 1862 death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)  

Jan 05   On this day in history joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81  

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

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

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

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