Page 5: Historical Events In 1862

Apr 04   In the year 1862 uS begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond   

Apr 05   On this day in history louis Ganne, composer   

Apr 05   On this day in history siege of Yorktown VA   

Apr 06   On this day in history adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51   

Apr 06   On this day in history battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee   

Apr 06   Naval Gunfire from Tyler and Lexington help save Union Troops at Battle of Shiloh in the year 1862.   

Apr 07   On this day in history grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn   

Apr 07   Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn, Island #10 falls on this day in history.   

Apr 07   In the year 1862 h P Tuttle discovers asteroid #73 Klytia   

Apr 07   On this day in history island #10 falls after long siege, Battle of Shiloh   

Apr 07   Sydney Nelson, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Apr 08   On this day in history john D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser   

Apr 09   In the year 1862 george W Johnson, US planter/Confederate (gov-Ky), dies at about 50   

Apr 10   William Harvey Lamb Wallace, US lawyer/brig-general, dies at 40 in the year 1862.   

Apr 11   Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41) on this day in history.   

Apr 11   Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia in the year 1862.   

Apr 11   On this day in history rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender   

Apr 12   James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA on this day in history.   

Apr 14   In the year 1862 battle of Ft Pillow TN   

Apr 14   On this day in history pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)   

Apr 16   In the year 1862 district of Columbia abolishes slavery   

Apr 16   On this day in history pres Davis approves conscription act for white males between 18-35   

Apr 16   On this day in history slavery abolished in District of Columbia   

Apr 18   In the year 1862 battle of Ft Jackson, Ft St Philip & New Orlean's, LA   

Apr 19   Louis Powell Harvey, US governor of Wisconsin, drowns in the year 1862.   

Apr 20   The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard on this day in history.   

Apr 21   On this day in history congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co   

Apr 25   In the year 1862 admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans, La   

Apr 25   On this day in history battle of New Orleans LA   

Apr 25   Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55 in the year 1862.   

Apr 25   Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs in the year 1862.   

Apr 25   In the year 1862 union naval forces occupy New Orleans, LA   

Apr 29   On this day in history 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Miss   

Apr 29   New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War in the year 1862.   

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Jan 01   Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)   

Jan 08   In the year 1862 birth of frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)   

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

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   In the year 1862 death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1862 james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33   

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