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   2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins in the year 1862.   

Aug 29   Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels on this day in history.   

Aug 29   P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) in the year 1862.   

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

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

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

Aug 31   George William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Sep 01   In the year 1862 severe action at Chantilly, Virginia   

Sep 02   Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

Sep 04   Gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops in the year 1862.   

Sep 04   In the year 1862 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   In the year 1862 stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland   

Sep 09   On this day in history lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry   

Sep 09   In the year 1862 lee splits his army &sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry   

Sep 10   Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Sep 11   O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer in the year 1862.   

Sep 12   Battle of Harpers Ferry VA in the year 1862.   

Sep 13   On this day in history 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   Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry in the year 1862.   

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   Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals in the year 1862.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)   

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 17   In the year 1862 birth of john E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher   

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of david Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician   

Jan 24   Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 in the year 1862.   

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   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 in the year 1862.   

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