Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC on this day in history.   

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

Aug 29   On this day in history 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   On this day in history battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY   

Aug 30   Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee on this day in history.   

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   Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1862 thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40   

Sep 04   In the year 1862 gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops   

Sep 04   North Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF in the year 1862.   

Sep 05   Lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland on this day in history.   

Sep 05   Lee crosses the Potomac &enters Maryland in the year 1862.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 09   Lee splits his army &sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry on this day in history.   

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

Sep 11   On this day in history o Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer   

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

Sep 13   In the year 1862 dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament   

Sep 14   On this day in history battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates   

Sep 14   Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39 in the year 1862.   

Sep 15   Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV on this day in history.   

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

Sep 16   Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) on this day in history.   

Sep 16   Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY in the year 1862.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801) died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81   

Jan 10   On this day in history samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47   

Jan 18   John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   In the year 1862 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   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1862 frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61