Page 9: Historical Events In 1862

Jun 30   Day 6 of the 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp in the year 1862.   

Jun 30   Richard Griffith, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48 on this day in history.   

Jul 01   Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confed superior power driven out in the year 1862.   

Jul 01   On this day in history day 7 of the 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill   

Jul 02   Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges in the year 1862.   

Jul 02   The birth of William Henry Bragg, English physicist on this day in history.   

Jul 03   In the year 1862 friedrich Ernst Koch, composer   

Jul 03   William Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40 in the year 1862.   

Jul 04   In the year 1862 battle at Green River Ky (Morgan's Ohio Raid)   

Jul 04   Lewis Carroll creates Alice in Wonderland for Alice P Liddell on this day in history.   

Jul 06   Skirmish at Devall's Bluff Arkansas (106 casualties) in the year 1862.   

Jul 07   Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land on this day in history.   

Jul 08   Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Ky in the year 1862.   

Jul 10   US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad in the year 1862.   

Jul 11   Lincoln appoints General Halleck general-in-chief on this day in history.   

Jul 11   On this day in history liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer   

Jul 12   In the year 1862 congress authorizes Medal of Honor   

Jul 12   In the year 1862 the United States Medal of Honor is created   

Jul 13   On this day in history battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150   

Jul 14   In the year 1862 florence Bascom, US, 1st American woman PhD   

Jul 14   On this day in history the birth of Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter   

Jul 15   CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R in the year 1862.   

Jul 15   In the year 1862 david Emanuel Twiggs, US Confederate gen-mjr (Monterrey), dies at 72   

Jul 16   David G Farragut became first rear admiral in US Navy on this day in history.   

Jul 16   On this day in history david G Farragut is 1st rear admiral in US Navy   

Jul 16   Ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist in the year 1862.   

Jul 17   Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition on this day in history.   

Jul 17   US army authorized to accept blacks as laborers on this day in history.   

Jul 18   Battle of Newburgh, IN on this day in history.   

Jul 18   In the year 1862 victor, Prince Napoleon (Napoleon V), French pretender to throne   

Jul 19   In the year 1862 forrest's 1st raid   

Jul 19   Forrest's first raid on this day in history.   

Jul 20   In the year 1862 guerrilla campaign in GA (Porter's & Poindexter's) [->SEP 20] US580 CS2866   

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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   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   David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician was born in the year 1862.   

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   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   In the year 1862 joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81   

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines died in the year 1862.   

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 in the year 1862.   

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