Page 11: Historical Events In 1862

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

Aug 29   On this day in history 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins   

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

Aug 29   P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) in the year 1862.   

Aug 29   US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation in the year 1862.   

Aug 30   On this day in history 2nd Battle of Bull Run   

Aug 30   In the year 1862 battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY   

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

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

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

Sep 01   Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist in the year 1862.   

Sep 01   In the year 1862 battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties)   

Sep 01   In the year 1862 isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44   

Sep 01   Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Lee crosses the Potomac &enters Maryland on this day in history.   

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

Sep 06   In the year 1862 stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland   

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

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

Sep 10   In the year 1862 carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71   

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

Sep 12   On this day in history battle of Harpers Ferry VA   

Sep 13   Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 15   In the year 1862 confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV   

Sep 15   Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry on this day in history.   

Sep 16   On this day in history battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)   

Sep 16   On this day in history gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY   

Sep 17   Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals 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   Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939) was born in the year 1862.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1862 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 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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 03   In the year 1862 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87   

Feb 07   Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1862.