Page 12: Historical Events In 1862

Sep 17   Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War in the year 1862.   

Sep 17   Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

Sep 18   On this day in history confederate armies officially divide into corps   

Sep 19   On this day in history -20] Battle at Blackford's Ford Virginia   

Sep 19   Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Benton County IA, actress (Son of Dracula) on this day in history.   

Sep 19   In the year 1862 battle of Luka, Miss   

Sep 19   In the year 1862 [Lewis] Henry Little, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45   

Sep 22   On this day in history abrahan Lincoln, the US President, orders American slaves to be freed   

Sep 22   President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1 in the year 1862.   

Sep 23   On this day in history lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers   

Sep 24   Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Leon Boellmann, French organist/composer (Variations Symphoniques) on this day in history.   

Sep 25   In the year 1862 skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tennessee   

Sep 27   In the year 1862 louis Botha, Greytown S Africa, 1st PM of South Africa (1910-19)   

Sep 27   In the year 1862 the birth of Louis Botha, South African politician; PM of Transvaal   

Sep 29   William "Bull" Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38 on this day in history.   

Sep 30   First Battle of Newtonia (American Civil War), Newton County, Missouri in the year 1862.   

Sep 30   On this day in history georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer   

Sep 30   Isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union brig-gen, dies of injury at about 40 in the year 1862.   

Oct 03   -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi on this day in history.   

Oct 03   Battle of Corinth, Miss on this day in history.   

Oct 03   On this day in history john Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century)   

Oct 03   In the year 1862 pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47   

Oct 04   On this day in history battle of Corinth ends   

Oct 04   William Duncan Smith, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

Oct 05   On this day in history battle of Big Hatchie River, MS   

Oct 06   On this day in history albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

Oct 08   On this day in history battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted   

Oct 08   James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 in the year 1862.   

Oct 10   Arthur De Greef, composer in the year 1862.   

Oct 12   On this day in history jEB Stuart completes his "2nd ride around McClellan"   

Oct 12   Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conf troops in Missisippi in the year 1862.   

Oct 13   In the year 1862 bismarck's "Blood & Iron" speech   

Oct 14   In the year 1862 baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting HR, dies 10/18   

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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 in the year 1862.   

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   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 29   Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha) was born in the year 1862.   

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

Jan 01   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1862.   

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 in the year 1862.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1862 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87   

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