Page 11: Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   In the year 1862 belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC   

Aug 29   In the year 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins   

Aug 29   In the year 1862 battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels   

Aug 29   In the year 1862 p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)   

Aug 29   On this day in history uS Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation   

Aug 30   In the year 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run   

Aug 30   Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY on this day in history.   

Aug 30   In the year 1862 battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee   

Aug 30   Confederate troops defeat Union forces at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA on this day in history.   

Aug 31   In the year 1862 george William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle   

Sep 01   In the year 1862 adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist   

Sep 01   Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties) in the year 1862.   

Sep 01   On this day in history isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44   

Sep 01   In the year 1862 severe action at Chantilly, Virginia   

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

Sep 04   Gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops in the year 1862.   

Sep 04   In the year 1862 north Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF   

Sep 05   In the year 1862 lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland   

Sep 05   In the year 1862 lee crosses the Potomac &enters Maryland   

Sep 06   Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland on this day in history.   

Sep 06   On this day in history stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland   

Sep 09   On this day in history lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry   

Sep 09   Lee splits his army &sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry in the year 1862.   

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

Sep 11   In the year 1862 o Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer   

Sep 12   Battle of Harpers Ferry VA in the year 1862.   

Sep 13   Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament in the year 1862.   

Sep 14   In the year 1862 battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates   

Sep 14   In the year 1862 jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39   

Sep 15   Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV in the year 1862.   

Sep 15   In the year 1862 stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry   

Sep 16   Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) in the year 1862.   

Sep 16   Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY on this day in history.   

Sep 17   Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1862 birth of snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)   

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 in the year 1862.   

Jan 23   In the year 1862 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   In the year 1862 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   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   Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines died in the year 1862.   

Jan 24   James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 in the year 1862.   

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.