Page 4: Historical Events In 1862
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Mar 10 Great Britain and France recognizes independence of Zanzibar. 


Mar 10 US issues paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000). 


Mar 11 General Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia. 


Mar 11 Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief and makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief 


Mar 11 Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief and makes him head of. 


Mar 12 Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross). 


Mar 13 Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer. 


Mar 14 Battle of New Bern NC General Burnside conquers New Bern 


Mar 14 Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern. 


Mar 14 Vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology. 


Mar 15 Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN. 


Mar 15 General John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin TN. 


Mar 16 Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles 


Mar 16 Battle at Pound Gap KY Confederates separate battles. 


Mar 16 Battle at Pound Gap KY: Confederates separate battles 


Mar 17 Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62. 


Mar 19 F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73 


Mar 22 San Marino and Italy conclude treaty of friendship and cooperation. 


Mar 23 In this year, Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson starts his Valley Campaign. 


Mar 23 Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81 


Mar 23 Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d.1950) 


Mar 26 Battle of La Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch). 


Mar 26 Battle of La Glorieta Pass, NM Terr (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch). 


Mar 26 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer 


Mar 28 Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926) 


Mar 28 Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia 


Mar 31 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River. 


Mar 31 Civil War action at Island #10 on the Mississippi River 


Apr 01 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA 


Apr 02 Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia U pres/pacifist (Nobel 1931). 


Apr 03 James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies. 


Apr 04 Battle of Yorktown begins. 


Apr 04 Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45. 


Apr 04 US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond. 


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