What Happened in June 1862

Historical Events

Jun 1 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Virginia (11,165 casualties)
Jun 1 African Slave Trade Treaty Act: Bilateral treaty between the US and UK abolishing the slave trade in all US possessions

Jun 1 General Robert E. Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at Seven Pines

Jun 2 Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington, D.C.
Jun 2 Robert E. Lee takes command of Confederate armies of North Virginia during the American Civil War
Jun 4 Confederates evacuate Fort Pillow, Tennessee
Jun 6 Battle of Memphis fought on the Mississippi River, Union forces defeat Confederate fleet leading to the city's surrender
Jun 6 Skirmish at Harrisonburg, Virginia, sees the Confederates win a minor victory in the Battle of Good's Farm
Jun 7 Skirmish at Union Church, Virginia (Peninsular)
Jun 7 The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade

Jun 7 Union General Benjamin Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint

Jun 9 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign, won by the Confederates

Jun 19 Slavery outlawed in US territories
Jun 20 Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated
Jun 25 Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days
Jun 26 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia
Jun 26 Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville VA (Meadow Bridge)
Jun 26 US Army of Virginia established under Gen John Pope
Jun 27 -28] Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia
Jun 27 Battle of Gaines's Mill, VA (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3
Jun 28 Day 4 of 7 Day Battle of Savage's Station [Garnett's Farm] in Virginia
Jun 29 Day 5 of 7 day Battle of Savage's Station, Virginia
Jun 30 Battle of Glendale [Frayser's Farm], day 6 of 7 days battles, Virginia Confederate assault attack (US Civil War)

Jun 30 French writer Gustave Flaubert completes his novel "Salammbo"

Jun 1 António Feijó, Portuguese poet and diplomat, born in Ponte de Lima, Portugal (d. 1917)
Jun 5 Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician (Nobel 1911), born in Landskrona, Sweden (d. 1930)
Jun 6 Henry John Newbolt, English poet and author (Studies Green & Gray), born in Bilston, Staffordshire, England (d. 1938)
Jun 7 Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist (Nobel 1905), born in Pozsony, Austria-Hungary (d. 1947)
Jun 10 Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress and writer (Rocky Mountain Mystery, The Heart of Maryland), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1937)
Jun 21 Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince, son of King Mongkut and brother of King Chulalongkorn and historian, born in Bangkok, Thailand (d. 1943)
Jun 21 Henry Holden Huss, American composer, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1953)
Jun 21 Johannes Schlaf, German writer and translator, born in Querfurt, Germany (d. 1941)
Jun 25 Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1901)
Jun 27 May Irwin, Canadian comedienne and singer ("Hot Time in the Old Town"), born in Whitby, Ontario, Canada (d. 1938)

Jun 6 Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg, Virginia, dies at 33
Jun 7 William B. Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason, at 42
Jun 17 Charles Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49
Jun 27 Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35
Jun 30 Richard Griffith, US Confederate brigadier general, dies of wounds from the Battle of Savage's Station at 48