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