1st » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly Confederate States of America named Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating United States Army e.g Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
4th » American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
5th » James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon.
8th » Millennium of Russia monument unveiled in Novgorod.
14th » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
15th » American Civil War: Confederate States of America e.g Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, West Virginia known as Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
17th » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
19th » American Civil War: Battle of Iuka: Union (American Civil War) called Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate States of America named Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price.
22nd » Slavery in the United States: A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1862
2nd » Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer (d. 1881)
5th » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (d. 1942)
7th » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
11th » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor General of Canada (d. 1935)
11th » Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician (d. 1910)
11th » O. Henry, American pharmacist and author (d. 1910)
12th » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1925)
17th » Jean de Madre, French polo player (d. 1934)