What is 1862?
{{intro-tooshort|date=December 2023}} {{Year nav|1862}} {{Year in various calendars|1862}} {{Year article header|1862}} == Events == *[[September 5]]: In the [[American Civil War]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Robert E. Lee|General Robert E. Lee]] [[Invasion|invades]] [[Maryland]], leading 55,000 soldiers from the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. They cross the [[Potomac River]] at White's Ford near [[Leesburg, Virginia]]. This is the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy's]] first invasion of the [[Union (American Civil War)|North]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-02-06|title=Robert E. Lee's Decision to Invade the North in September 1862|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/robert-e-lees-decision-invade-north-september-1862|access-date=2024-09-14|website=American Battlefield Trust|language=en-US}}</ref> == Births == * [[August 29]] – [[Andrew Fisher]], 5th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. [[1928]]) * [[September 25]] – [[Billy Hughes]], 7th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. [[1952]]) * [[December 23]] - [[Henri Pirenne]], [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[historian]] (d. [[1935]]) == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1862| ]]