5th » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
5th » American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota people called Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
9th » American Civil War: United States named Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1862
1st » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (d. 1941)
3rd » Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (d. 1916)
9th » Gigo Gabashvili, Georgian painter and educator (d. 1936)
15th » Gerhart Hauptmann, German author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1946)
16th » Charles Turner (cricketer) e.g Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (d. 1944)
19th » Billy Sunday, American baseball player and evangelist (d. 1935)
25th » Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
25th » Gustaf Söderström, Swedish tug of war competitor (d. 1958)
Famous Deaths for November 1862
11th » James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (b. 1793)
13th » Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (b. 1787)