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Type	Date Span	Title
Personal	Sun, July 27, 1862	Anthony Burns dies in Canada
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, August 18, 1862 - Mon, October 13, 1862	In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its second session
Battles/Soldiers	Thu, August 28, 1862 - Sat, August 30, 1862	The Battle of Second Bull Run, August 28-30, 1862
Slavery/Abolition	Mon, September 1, 1862	Moncure Conway becomes co-editor of "The Commonwealth, " an anti-slavery journal
Battles/Soldiers	Wed, September 3, 1862	The Eighteenth Texas Volunteer Infantry arrive in Little Rock, Arkansas
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, September 12, 1862 - Mon, September 15, 1862	The Battle of Harpers Ferry, September 12–15, 1862
Personal	Sat, September 13, 1862	Governor Vance appoints Edward Warren as Surgeon-General of North Carolina
Battles/Soldiers	Wed, September 17, 1862	Battle of Antietam
Personal	Fri, September 19, 1862	Confederate Brigadier General Lewis Henry Little falls to rifle fire during the Battle of Iuka
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, September 19, 1862 - Sat, September 20, 1862	In heavy fighting, Union forces repulse a Confederate advance near Iuka, Mississippi
US/the World	Mon, September 22, 1862	King Wilhelm I appoints Otto von Bismarck as Minister-President of Prussia
Battles/Soldiers	Tue, September 23, 1862	The Battle of Sioux Uprising, September 23, 1862
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, September 25, 1862 - Fri, September 26, 1862	Rosh Hashana
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, October 3, 1862 - Sat, October 4, 1862	The Battle of Corinth, October 3-4, 1862
Religion/Philosophy	Sat, October 4, 1862	Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement
Battles/Soldiers	Wed, October 8, 1862	The Battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862
Battles/Soldiers	Thu, October 16, 1862	In Atlanta, the captured Union raiders from the failed attack on the Georgia rail system stage a mass escape
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, December 1, 1862	The third session of the 37th Congress opens in Washington, DC
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, December 2, 1862 - Sun, December 21, 1862	The third session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between December 1 and December 22, 1862
Science/Technology	Fri, December 5, 1862 - Sat, December 6, 1862	Around midnight, a total eclipse of the Moon is visible across much of the United States
Battles/Soldiers	Thu, December 11, 1862 - Mon, December 15, 1862	Battle of Fredericksburg
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, December 18, 1862	Senatorial caucus meets to discuss Cabinet crisis
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, December 22, 1862	The third session of the 37th Congress adjourns for a two-week holiday recess
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, December 23, 1862 - Mon, January 5, 1863	The third session of the 37th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 6, 1863
Battles/Soldiers	Wed, December 31, 1862 - Fri, January 2, 1863	The Battle of Stone's River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, January 1, 1863	The Homestead Act comes into effect
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, January 1, 1863	President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863
Personal	Thu, January 1, 1863	Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympic Games is born in Paris
Battles/Soldiers	Thu, January 1, 1863	At Port Royal, South Carolina, the 1st South Carolina Colored Infantry receives its regimental colors
Personal	Thu, January 1, 1863	Mary Brown decides to move to California in 1863