WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1862
Find out what all happened June to November 1862

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Louis of Hesse, the future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. (1. July 1862)

The United States and the United Kingdom agreed to suppress the slave trade. (7. June 1862)

American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time. (5. November 1862)

American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates. (28. November 1862)

The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress. (12. July 1862)

American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war. (17. September 1862)

American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: the Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory. (1. June 1862)

A 3000-strong riot occurred at Wardsend Cemetery in the Sheffield, England, against rumours of bodysnatching from the grounds. (3. June 1862)

Sailing from San Francisco, California to Panama City, Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231. (27. July 1862)

The Russian State Library is founded. (1. July 1862)

American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly – Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia. (1. September 1862)

American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history. (17. September 1862)

American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope. (9. August 1862)

American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (6. August 1862)

Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated. (20. June 1862)

As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans. (5. June 1862)

American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River. (17. August 1862)

American Civil War: Battle of Perryville – Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky. (8. October 1862)

Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia (7. October 1862)

American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought. (14. September 1862)