Page 11: Historical Events In 1862

Aug 29   US Bureau of Engraving and Printing begins operation   

Aug 30   2nd Battle of Bull Run   

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

Aug 30   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.   

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

Sep 01   Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist.   

Sep 01   Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties).   

Sep 01   Isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44.   

Sep 01   Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia.   

Sep 02   Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40   

Sep 04   Gen Lee invades North with 50000 Confederate troops   

Sep 04   North Beach and Mission Railway Company organized in SF.   

Sep 05   Lee crosses Potomac and enters Maryland   

Sep 05   Lee crosses the Potomac and enters Maryland   

Sep 06   Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland   

Sep 06   Stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland.   

Sep 09   Lee splits his army and sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry.   

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

Sep 11   O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer   

Sep 12   Battle of Harpers Ferry VA   

Sep 13   Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament.   

Sep 14   Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates.   

Sep 14   Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39   

Sep 15   Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV   

Sep 15   Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry   

Sep 16   Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)   

Sep 16   Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY   

Sep 17   Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals   

Sep 17   Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War   

Sep 17   Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41   

Sep 18   Confederate armies officially divide into corps   

Sep 19   -20] Battle at Blackford's Ford Virginia   

Sep 19   Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Benton County IA, actress (Son of Dracula).   

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Jan 01   Snitz edwards: Hungary, actor (college, phantom of the opera)   

Jan 03   Sir matthew nathan: British governor of queensland and other places    

Jan 08   Frank nelson doubleday: Publisher/founder (doubleday & co)   

Jan 17   John e akkeringa: Dutch painter/etcher   

Jan 23   David hilbert: Königsberg east prussia, mathematician   

Jan 24   Edith wharton[-jones]: Us, novelist (ethan frome, house of mirth)   

Jan 29   Frederick delius: Bradford england, composer (hiawatha)   

Jan 30   Walter johannes damrosch: Composer   

Jan 01   Mikhail vasilievich ostrogradsky: Russian physicist (b. 1801)   

Jan 05   Joseph frohlich: Composer,   

Jan 10   Samuel colt: Inventor (6 shot revolver),    

Jan 18   John tyler: 10th us pres (1841-45),    

Jan 20   Felix zollicoffer: Gen killed after mistakenly riding into union lines   

Jan 24   James mcintosh: Us confederate brig-gen,    

Feb 03   Jean-baptiste biot: French physicist/astronomer,   

Feb 07   Frantisek jan skroup: Composer,