Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   In the year 1862 belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC  

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) in the year 1862.  

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

Aug 30   In the year 1862 battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee  

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

Aug 31   In the year 1862 george William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle  

Sep 01   Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist on this day in history.  

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   Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia in the year 1862.  

Sep 02   Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops on this day in history.  

Sep 04   On this day in history 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   Stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland on this day in history.  

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

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

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   Battle of Harpers Ferry VA in the year 1862.  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 14   Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39 in the year 1862.  

Sep 15   Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV in the year 1862.  

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

Sep 17   In the year 1862 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 in the year 1862.  

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

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

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

Jan 24   In the year 1862 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   In the year 1862 death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)  

Jan 05   Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1862.  

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 in the year 1862.  

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

Feb 03   In the year 1862 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87  

Feb 07   Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1862.