What Happened in October 1862

Historical Events

Oct 12 Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart completes his "second ride around McClellan" during the Raid on Chambersburg

Oct 12 Major General Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Confederate troops in Mississippi
Oct 12 Skirmish at Monocacy, Maryland
Oct 14 Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting HR, dies 10/18
Oct 14 Excelsiors defeat Unions of Morrisania 13-9
Oct 17 Battle of Leetown & Thoroughfare Gap, VA
Oct 18 Morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY
Oct 20 Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname
Oct 22 Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory
Oct 22 Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap, Tennessee

Oct 3 Johnny Briggs, English cricket all-rounder (33 Tests; 118 wickets @ 17.75), born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (d. 1902)
Oct 4 Edward Stratemeyer, American author (The Rover Boys), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 1930)
Oct 6 Albert J. Beveridge, American politician and historian (Progressive leader, Senator Indiana 1899-1911), born in Highland County, Ohio (d. 1927)
Oct 10 Arthur De Greef, Belgian composer, born in Louvain, Belgium (d. 1940)
Oct 13 Mary Kingsley, English ethnographer and explorer who became the first European to enter parts of Gabon, Africa, born in London (d. 1900)
Oct 19 Auguste Lumière, French engineer and filmmaker who made the 1st movie (Workers Leaving Lumière Factory), born in Besançon, France (d. 1954)

Oct 3 Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 47
Oct 4 William Duncan Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 36
Oct 8 James Streshley Jackson, American attorney and Brigadier General (Union Army), dies in battle at 39
Oct 8 William Rufus Terrill, American Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 28
Oct 16 George B. Anderson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 31
Oct 18 James Creighton, amateur American baseball player, dies of ruptured bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th
Oct 30 Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, American astronomer and Union Major General, dies at 53