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Historical Events in July 1862

  • 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)

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

Tsar of Russia Alexander II
Tsar of Russia
Alexander II
  • Jul 1 US Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco and on incomes over $600 (progressive rate)
  • Jul 1 The Russian State Library is founded in Moscow
  • Jul 2 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges

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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 and Mathematician Lewis Carroll
Author 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

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

16th US President Abraham Lincoln
16th US President
Abraham Lincoln
  • Jul 8 Theodore R. Timby is granted a US patent for discharging guns in a revolving turret, using electricity
  • Jul 9 General John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky

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Jul 10 US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad

Business Tycoon Collis P. Huntington
Business Tycoon
Collis P. Huntington
Business Tycoon and Railroad Executive Mark Hopkins
Business Tycoon and Railroad Executive
Mark Hopkins
Business Tycoon and Politician Leland Stanford
Business Tycoon and Politician
Leland Stanford
  • Jul 11 Lincoln appoints General Halleck general-in-chief
  • Jul 12 US Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
  • Jul 12 Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas
  • 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

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

US Civil War Admiral David Farragut
US Civil War Admiral
David Farragut
  • Jul 17 Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River Mississippi: USS Potomac Expedition
  • Jul 17 US army authorized to accept African-Americans as laborers
  • Jul 17 United army officially divides corps
  • Jul 17 John Hunt Morgan's raid reaches Cynthiana, Kentucky
  • Jul 18 Battle of Newburgh, Indiana - captured by Union forces
  • Jul 20 Guerrilla campaign in Georgia (Porter's & Poindexter's) [->SEP 20]
  • Jul 27 Hurricane hits Canton; about 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

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