Page 15: Historical Events In 1862

Dec 24   On this day in history joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84   

Dec 25   On this day in history 40,000 watch the Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC   

Dec 25   40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC on this day in history.   

Dec 26   -Dec 28th) Battle of Dumfries, VA on this day in history.   

Dec 26   38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato on this day in history.   

Dec 26   In the year 1862 alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS]   

Dec 26   In the year 1862 first US navy hospital ship enters service   

Dec 27   On this day in history battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou)   

Dec 28   Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1862.   

Dec 29   Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman on this day in history.   

Dec 31   -Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro) in the year 1862.   

Dec 31   James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.   

Dec 31   President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union in the year 1862.   

Dec 31   On this day in history uSS Monitor founders in a storm off Cape Hatteras, NC.1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee   

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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   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born in the year 1862.   

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 in the year 1862.   

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

Jan 30   In the year 1862 birth of walter Johannes Damrosch, composer   

Jan 01   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died in the year 1862.   

Jan 05   In the year 1862 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   Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines died on this day in history.   

Jan 24   James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87   

Feb 07   In the year 1862 frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61