Famous Deaths In 1862

May 31 In the year 1862 robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34  

Jun 06 On this day in history turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33  

Jun 07 In the year 1862 death of william B Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason, at 42  

Jun 17 Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49 in the year 1862.  

Jun 27 Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35 in the year 1862.  

Jun 30 On this day in history richard Griffith, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48  

Jul 03 William Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40 on this day in history.  

Jul 05 In the year 1862 death of heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (b. 1800)  

Jul 15 On this day in history david Emanuel Twiggs, US Confederate gen-mjr (Monterrey), dies at 72  

Jul 24 Martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79 in the year 1862.  

Aug 05 On this day in history thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47  

Aug 06 Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Aug 09 Joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46 on this day in history.  

Aug 10 Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) died in the year 1862.  

Aug 22 Henry Bohlen, German/US brig-general (Union), dies in battle at 51 in the year 1862.  

Aug 31 On this day in history george William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle  

Sep 01 Isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44 on this day in history.  

Sep 02 On this day in history thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40  

Sep 10 Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Sep 14 Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Sep 17 In the year 1862 lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41  

Sep 19 [Lewis] Henry Little, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45 on this day in history.  

Sep 29 On this day in history death of william "Bull" Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38  

Sep 30 Isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union brig-gen, dies of injury at about 40 on this day in history.  

Oct 03 Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.  

Oct 04 William Duncan Smith, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 36 in the year 1862.  

Oct 08 James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 in the year 1862.  

Oct 16 George Burgwyn Anderson, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

Oct 18 In the year 1862 james Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th  

Oct 30 In the year 1862 ormsby Mcknight Mitchel, US astronomer/Union-general-major, dies at 53  

Nov 06 Charles Davis Jameson, US Union brig-gen (Fair Oaks), dies at 35 on this day in history.  

Nov 09 John Bordenave Villepigue, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 32 in the year 1862.  

Nov 11 James Madison Porter, American politician (b. 1793) died in the year 1862.  

Nov 13 In the year 1862 ludwig Uhland, writer, dies at 75  

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Jan 01 Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) was born on this day in history.  

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