Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC in the year 1862.  

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

Aug 29   Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels in the year 1862.  

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

Aug 29   In the year 1862 uS Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation  

Aug 30   On this day in history 2nd Battle of Bull Run  

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

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

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   In the year 1862 adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist  

Sep 01   In the year 1862 battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties)  

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   On this day in history lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland  

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

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

Sep 06   In the year 1862 stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 11   O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1862 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   Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV on this day in history.  

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

Sep 16   Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) in the year 1862.  

Sep 16   Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1862 birth of sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)  

Jan 08   In the year 1862 birth of frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)  

Jan 17   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  

Jan 23   In the year 1862 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   On this day in history birth of frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)  

Jan 30   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 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   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.