Page 15: Historical Events In 1862

Dec 24   In the year 1862 joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84   

Dec 25   In the year 1862 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   38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato on this day in history.   

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

Dec 26   First US navy hospital ship enters service on this day in history.   

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

Dec 28   Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Dec 29   Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman in the year 1862.   

Dec 31   -Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro) on this day in history.   

Dec 31   On this day in history james Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29   

Dec 31   President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union on this day in history.   

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

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of john E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born in the year 1862.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81   

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 in the year 1862.   

Jan 20   In the year 1862 death of felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines   

Jan 24   In the year 1862 james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33   

Feb 03   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   On this day in history frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61