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July1862

Historical Events in July 1862

Tsar Grants Jews Right to Publish

Jul 1 Alexander II of Russia grants Jews right to publish books

Tsar of Russia Alexander II

Jul 1 Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confederate superior power driven out
Jul 1 Battle of Malvern Hill [Poindexter's Farm], day 7 of 7 days battles, Union forces repel Confederate attack, Tactical Union victory (US Civil War)
Jul 1 The Russian State Library is founded in Moscow
Jul 1 US Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco and on incomes over $600 (progressive rate)
Jul 2 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges

Alice in Wonderland

Jul 4 Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) creates Alice in Wonderland for Alice Liddell on a family boat trip on the river Isis (Thames) in Oxford

Author, Novelist. Poet and Mathematician Lewis Carroll

Jul 4 R Morgan's: Tomkinsville, KY to Somerset, KY [->JUL 28]
Jul 6 Skirmish at Devall's Bluff, Arkansas (106 casualties)
Jul 7 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land
Jul 8 Theodore R. Timby is granted a US patent for discharging guns in a revolving turret, using electricity

Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act

Jul 8 US Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act signed by Abraham Lincoln (not enforced)

16th US President Abraham Lincoln

Event of Interest

Jul 9 Confederate General John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky

Confederate General John Hunt Morgan

Event of Interest

Jul 10 US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad

Business Tycoon Collis P. Huntington

Business Tycoon and Railroad Executive Mark Hopkins Jr.

Business Tycoon and Politician Leland Stanford

Jul 11 Abraham Lincoln appoints General Henry Halleck general-in-chief of Union forces in US Civil war
Jul 12 Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas
Jul 12 US Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
Jul 13 Battle of Murfreesboro, fought in Rutherford County, Tennessee begins (Forrest's Raid), Confederate victory (US Civil War)
Jul 15 CSS Arkansas vs USS Carondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo River

1st US Rear Admiral

Jul 16 David Farragut is 1st Rear Admiral in US Navy

US Civil War Admiral David Farragut

Jul 17 John Hunt Morgan's confederate cavalry raid reaches Cynthiana, Kentucky
Jul 17 Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River Mississippi: USS Potomac Expedition
Jul 17 United army officially divides corps
Jul 17 US army authorized to accept African-Americans as laborers
Jul 18 Battle of Newburgh, Indiana - captured by Union forces
Jul 20 Guerrilla campaign in Georgia (Porter's & Poindexter's) [->SEP 20]
Jul 23 President Lincoln names Army of the Potomac Gen. Henry Halleck as US Army General-in-Chief
Jul 27 Massive typhoon hits Canton and Whampoa in China; at least 40,000 die
Jul 27 Steamer "Golden Gate" burns and sinks off west coast of Mexico
Jul 28 Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Missouri
Jul 29 American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.

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