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 May 1862 Famous Deaths by Year Jul 1862 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide