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

Aug 29   Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 30   2nd Battle of Bull Run in the year 1862.   

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   Confederate troops defeat Union forces at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA in the year 1862.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Sep 02   Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40 in the year 1862.   

Sep 04   On this day in history gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops   

Sep 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1862 stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland   

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

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

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

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

Sep 11   O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer on this day in history.   

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

Sep 13   On this day in history dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament   

Sep 14   Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates in the year 1862.   

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 in the year 1862.   

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

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   On this day in history birth of snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)   

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

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born in the year 1862.   

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 in the year 1862.   

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   In the year 1862 joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81   

Jan 10   Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1862 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 in the year 1862.   

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