The chronology
1862
96 published events.
Month by month
- Winter 1862A Lyceum was active in the winter of 1862–63.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- January 1, 1862The county superintendency (replacing the office of town superintendent) went into operation in Rock County.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- January 21, 1862The Second and Fourth batteries left the state for Baltimore.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- January 23, 1862The First and Third batteries left the state for Louisville.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 1862The Third Wisconsin Cavalry left camp for the southwest; the Thirteenth Regiment's companies left Camp Treadway at Janesville for the front.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 15, 1862The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh batteries left the state for St. Louis.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 21, 1862Laws promoting the geological survey were repealed; John Nym died at Leavenworth, Kansas.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 29, 1862An act reinstating the geological survey was approved.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- Spring 1862The Eleventh battery was organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago; William A. Pile enlisted ninety-nine men early in 1862 for the Twelfth battery; Caswell heard a man predict the war's outcome "about the year 1862."Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- June 11, 1862A charter was granted to Good Samaritan Lodge No. 135, A. F. & A. M., at Shopiere.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- June 17, 1862An act of the legislature became law authorizing the governor to care for sick and wounded Wisconsin soldiers, appropriating $20,000.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- July 26, 1862A citizens' meeting was held in the public square at Janesville to devise means of raising Rock County's quota of 250 men.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- August 5, 1862$8,055 was subscribed to bounty scrip at a war meeting in Janesville; smaller subscriptions were made at Lima, Milton, Harmony and Union.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- August 20, 1862Lieutenant E. G. Harlow and about sixty recruits for the Twelfth Wisconsin Battery left Janesville.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- September 2, 1862The Twenty-second regiment (Companies raised largely in Rock County) was mustered into service at Camp Utley, Racine.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- September 24, 1862Militia statistics of Rock County (draft-eligible men, exemptions, enlistments) were compiled to this date; W. Hale died at Washington.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- September 29, 1862Companies E and F of the Thirty-third went into camp at Racine; Company E of the Third Regiment left Janesville for Racine.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- Fall 1862Prof. Searing removed to Milton and the school at Union was discontinued; a man enlisted in the 22d Wis.; a gunsmith enlisted in the 22d W. V.; Dr. Metz was appointed First Assistant Surgeon of the 115th Ohio; a couple came to Wisconsin; a family removed to Wisconsin (Lafayette Co.).Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- October 11, 1862The Janesville Daily Gazette reported district committee business and the declension of Messrs. Yost and Peck from union-democratic nominations.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 12, 1862The Thirty-third departed for the seat of war.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 24, 1862Hanchett died; Walter McIndoe was elected December 30 to fill the vacancy.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- December 12, 1862Company E crossed the river on the morning of December 12, in advance of Burnside's army.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
During 1862
Events the sources date only to the year.
- 1862The Thirteenth Wisconsin garrisoned Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in 1862; a Rock County man's regiment went to Fort Leavenworth, Fort Scott, Lawrence and Fort Riley in 1862.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1862The Kenosha–Genoa railroad line was constructed; another road was extended to Fort Howard (Green Bay).The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1862In Beloit the first regular lecture-course was maintained under the auspices of the Archean Union.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1862Congress approved acts granting lands to Wisconsin for railroad construction (April 25) and donating lands for agricultural colleges (July 2); the legislature approved a matching act June 16.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1862The legislature passed an act to ascertain and settle liabilities of Wisconsin and a railroad company.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1862The school library law was repealed and the accumulated library fund of $88,784.78 transferred to the general fund.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1862The office of commissary general was closed about June 1; the paymaster general's office closed July 10.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1862The year closed with the battle of Murfreesboro (December 30).Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1862A law of 1862 took $104,339.43 from the university fund to pay for buildings.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1862An act of 1862 amended the Revised Statutes of 1858 regarding supreme court justices' terms.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source