5th » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown (1862) called Battle of Yorktown begins.
6th » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins in Tennessee, forces under Union (American Civil War) Union General (United States) General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate States of America Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
7th » American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ends the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeats the Confederate States of America named Confederates near Shiloh National Military Park known as Shiloh, Tennessee.
12th » American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw, Georgia or Kennesaw).
16th » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the United States named slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
20th » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment falsifying the theory of spontaneous generation.
25th » American Civil War: Forces under Union (American Civil War) Union Admiral David Farragut Capture of New Orleans demand the surrender of the Confederate States of America Confederate city of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana.
29th » American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1862
2nd » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
11th » William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and academic (d. 1938)
11th » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 44th United States Secretary of State (d. 1948)
21st » John Thayer (cricketer) called John Thayer, American cricketer (d. 1912)
25th » Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1933)
26th » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter (d. 1938)
27th » Rudolph Schildkraut, Turkish-American actor (d. 1930)
Famous Deaths for April 1862
6th » Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (b. 1803)