1862 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1862?
- January 31, 1862 – Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5 in telescope now located at Northwestern University.
- February 21, 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
- March 7, 1862 – American Civil War: Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
- March 28, 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass – in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.
- April 24, 1862 – American Civil War: A flotilla commanded by Union Admiral David Farragut passes two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River on its way to capture New Orleans, Louisiana.
- May 5, 1862 – Cinco de Mayo: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
- May 11, 1862 – American Civil War: The ironclad Ship CSS is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.
- May 31, 1862 – American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) – Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston & G. W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
- June 6, 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Memphis – Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
- June 19, 1862 – The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
- July 1, 1862 – The Russian State Library is founded.
- July 4, 1862 – Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
- August 28, 1862 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas.
- September 5, 1862 – American Civil War: the Potomac River is crossed at White’s Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
- September 13, 1862 – American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee’s battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
- September 14, 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
- September 17, 1862 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history.
- October 7, 1862 – Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia
- November 5, 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
- December 31, 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.
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