Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   On this day in history belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC  

Aug 29   In the year 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins  

Aug 29   In the year 1862 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   2nd Battle of Bull Run in the year 1862.  

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

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

Sep 01   On this day in history adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist  

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

Sep 01   On this day in history isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44  

Sep 01   On this day in history severe action at Chantilly, Virginia  

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

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   Lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland in the year 1862.  

Sep 05   Lee crosses the Potomac &enters Maryland in the year 1862.  

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   In the year 1862 lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 11   In the year 1862 o Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer  

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

Sep 13   Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament on this day in history.  

Sep 14   On this day in history battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates  

Sep 14   In the year 1862 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   On this day in history stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry  

Sep 16   In the year 1862 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 in the year 1862.  

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

Jan 23   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of walter Johannes Damrosch, composer  

Jan 01   In the year 1862 death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)  

Jan 05   In the year 1862 joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81  

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20   On this day in history death of felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines  

Jan 24   In the year 1862 james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33  

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

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