Page 11: Historical Events In 1862

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

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

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) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1862.   

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

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

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 in the year 1862.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1862 battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates   

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   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   Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) was born on this day in history.   

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

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   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   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 24   In the year 1862 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   In the year 1862 frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61