Page 14: Historical Events In 1862

Dec 05   Battle of Coffeeville, MS   

Dec 06   Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians   

Dec 07   Battle of Hartsville, TN   

Dec 07   Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde).   

Dec 07   Sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies.   

Dec 08   Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's).   

Dec 09   Karel Kovarovic, composer.   

Dec 12   Battle of Dumfries, VA   

Dec 12   Confederate torpedo (mine) sinks USS Cairo in Yazoo River.   

Dec 13   Battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights).   

Dec 13   Battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North   

Dec 13   Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49   

Dec 14   Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]   

Dec 14   George Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27   

Dec 16   Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe)   

Dec 16   Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution   

Dec 17   Gen US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee   

Dec 17   General US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee.   

Dec 18   Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid).   

Dec 18   Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35   

Dec 18   The inaugural orthopedic hospital is organized in New York City (The Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled)   

Dec 19   Skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tenn (80 casualties)   

Dec 20   -Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA   

Dec 20   Robert Knox   

Dec 22   -Jan 2nd) Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, KY   

Dec 22   Connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950)   

Dec 23   Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium).   

Dec 23   Union Gen Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw and common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis   

Dec 23   Union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw and common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis   

Dec 24   Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84.   

Dec 25   40000 watch the Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC   

Dec 25   40000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC   

Dec 26   -Dec 28th) Battle of Dumfries, VA.   

Dec 26   38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato   

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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,