Page 15: Historical Events In 1862

Dec 24   In the year 1862 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   On this day in history -Dec 28th) Battle of Dumfries, VA   

Dec 26   In the year 1862 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato   

Dec 26   On this day in history alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS]   

Dec 26   On this day in history first US navy hospital ship enters service   

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

Dec 28   In the year 1862 joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54   

Dec 29   In the year 1862 battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman   

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

Dec 31   In the year 1862 james Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29   

Dec 31   On this day in history president Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union   

Dec 31   In the year 1862 uSS Monitor founders in a storm off Cape Hatteras, NC.1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee   

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Jan 01   In the year 1862 birth of snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)   

Jan 03   In the year 1862 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1862 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   On this day in history 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   John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71 on this day in history.   

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   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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