Page 11: Historical Events In 1862

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

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

Aug 29   On this day in history battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels   

Aug 29   P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Aug 30   In the year 1862 confederate troops defeat Union forces at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA.   

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

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

Sep 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1862 severe action at Chantilly, Virginia   

Sep 02   Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland in the year 1862.   

Sep 06   Stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland in the year 1862.   

Sep 09   In the year 1862 lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry   

Sep 09   In the year 1862 lee splits his army &sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry   

Sep 10   Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71 in the year 1862.   

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

Sep 12   In the year 1862 battle of Harpers Ferry VA   

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

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   On this day in history confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV   

Sep 15   On this day in history stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1862 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   In the year 1862 birth of john E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher   

Jan 23   In the year 1862 birth of david Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician   

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   On this day in history birth of walter Johannes Damrosch, composer   

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

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   James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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