Page 11: Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   On this day in history belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC   

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

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

Aug 29   On this day in history 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   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   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   Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1862.   

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

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

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

Sep 05   On this day in history lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland   

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

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

Sep 06   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 11   O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer in the year 1862.   

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   Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates on this day in history.   

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

Sep 15   On this day in history confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV   

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

Sep 16   In the year 1862 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   On this day in history battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals   

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Jan 01   Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) was born in the year 1862.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)   

Jan 08   Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 20   Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines died in the year 1862.   

Jan 24   On this day in history james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33   

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 on this day in history.