Page 11: Historical Events In 1862

Aug 28   In the year 1862 belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC   

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   P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) in the year 1862.   

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

Aug 30   In the year 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run   

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 in the year 1862.   

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

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

Sep 01   On this day in history isaac Ingalls Stevens, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 44   

Sep 01   Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia on this day in history.   

Sep 02   On this day in history thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40   

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

Sep 04   On this day in history north Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF   

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

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

Sep 06   Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 13   Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 15   Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV in the year 1862.   

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

Sep 16   Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) in the year 1862.   

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 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 in the year 1862.   

Jan 17   John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1862 death of mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist (b. 1801)   

Jan 05   Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

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.