Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1862

May 31 In the year 1862 robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34  

Jun 06 Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

Jun 07 William B Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason, at 42 died in the year 1862.  

Jun 17 Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Jun 27 On this day in history chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35  

Jun 30 Richard Griffith, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48 in the year 1862.  

Jul 03 On this day in history william Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40  

Jul 05 Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (b. 1800) died in the year 1862.  

Jul 15 David Emanuel Twiggs, US Confederate gen-mjr (Monterrey), dies at 72 in the year 1862.  

Jul 24 On this day in history martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79  

Aug 05 On this day in history thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47  

Aug 06 In the year 1862 francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71  

Aug 09 Joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46 on this day in history.  

Aug 10 In the year 1862 death of shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)  

Aug 22 Henry Bohlen, German/US brig-general (Union), dies in battle at 51 in the year 1862.  

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

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

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

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

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

Sep 17 In the year 1862 lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41  

Sep 19 [Lewis] Henry Little, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45 in the year 1862.  

Sep 29 In the year 1862 death of william "Bull" Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38  

Sep 30 Isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union brig-gen, dies of injury at about 40 in the year 1862.  

Oct 03 Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.  

Oct 04 On this day in history william Duncan Smith, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 36  

Oct 08 On this day in history james Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39  

Oct 16 George Burgwyn Anderson, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 31 in the year 1862.  

Oct 18 On this day in history james Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th  

Oct 30 In the year 1862 ormsby Mcknight Mitchel, US astronomer/Union-general-major, dies at 53  

Nov 06 In the year 1862 charles Davis Jameson, US Union brig-gen (Fair Oaks), dies at 35  

Nov 09 John Bordenave Villepigue, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

Nov 11 James Madison Porter, American politician (b. 1793) died in the year 1862.  

Nov 13 In the year 1862 ludwig Uhland, writer, dies at 75  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

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 Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth) was born in the year 1862.  

Jan 29 In the year 1862 birth of frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)  

Jan 30 On this day in history birth of walter Johannes Damrosch, composer