Page 15: Historical Events In 1862

Dec 24   Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1862.   

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

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

Dec 26   Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS] on this day in history.   

Dec 26   First US navy hospital ship enters service in the year 1862.   

Dec 27   Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou) on this day in history.   

Dec 28   On this day in history joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54   

Dec 29   On this day in history battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman   

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

Dec 31   On this day in history 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   Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 03   Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of david Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician   

Jan 24   In the year 1862 birth of edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)   

Jan 29   On this day in history birth of frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)   

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

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

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

Jan 10   In the year 1862 samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47   

Jan 18   In the year 1862 john Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71   

Jan 20   On this day in history 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   On this day in history jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87   

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