Page 11: 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   Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels in the year 1862.   

Aug 29   P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1862 confederate troops defeat Union forces at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA.   

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

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

Sep 01   On this day in history battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties)   

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

Sep 04   North Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF on this day in history.   

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

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   Stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland in the year 1862.   

Sep 09   Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history o Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer   

Sep 12   In the year 1862 battle of Harpers Ferry VA   

Sep 13   In the year 1862 dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament   

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   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   Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of david Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician   

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

Jan 29   Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   In the year 1862 death of felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines   

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

Feb 03   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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