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1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1862nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 862nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1862, the ...
American Civil War: Battle of Antietam – Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the bloodiest day in U.S. history, with over 22,000 casualties. American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war, with 78 workers – mostly young women – being killed.
1862 – Homestead Act; 1862 – Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act; 1862 – Gen. Robert E. Lee placed in command of the Army of Northern Virginia; 1862 – Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Battle of Manassas) 1862 – Battle of Antietam (Battle of Sharpsburg) 1862 – Dakota War of 1862 begins; 1862–1863 – Lincoln issues Emancipation ...
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.The combat between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee included futile frontal attacks by the Union army on December 13 against entrenched ...
A. Theodor Aaset; Alfred N. Abbott; Dan Abbott; Abang Haji Abdillah; Rosalía Abreu; Eliya Abuna; Paul Adam (French novelist) John George Adami; Francis Adams (writer)
The following is a list of engagements that took place in 1862 during the American Civil War. During the summer and early spring of the year, Union forces gained several successes over the Confederacy, seizing control of Missouri, northern Arkansas, Kentucky, and western Tennessee, along with several coastal areas.
Charles Michael Schwab (February 18, 1862 – September 18, 1939) was an American steel magnate. Under his leadership, Bethlehem Steel became the second-largest steel maker in the United States, and one of the most important heavy manufacturers in the world.
Abraham Lincoln (/ ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ən / LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.