- February 18
- Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at age 74. [1]
- April 8
- Elisha G Otis, US elevator builder (Otis), dies at age 50. [1]
- May 8
- Láseló Teleki, Hungarian earl/revolutionary, commits suicide. [1]
- May 24
- Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), is shot to death at age 23. [1]
- December 4
- Birth of Lillian Russell [Helen Leonard]; US singer/actress (Great Mogul). [1]
- December 14
- Albert, prince consort of England and husband of Queen Victoria, dies at age 42. [1] [729.53]
- George HG, earl of Aberdeen, English Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at age 76. [1]
- December 26
- Philip Saint George Cocke, Confederate Brigadier-General, commits suicide at age 52. [1]
1862
- January 10
- Samuel Colt, inventor (six-shot revolver), dies at age 47. [1]
- January 18
- John Tyler, 10th US President (1841-45), dies in Richmond, Virginia, CSA at age 71. [1] [496.74]
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- January 20
- Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer killed after mistakenly riding into US lines. [1]
- January 24
- James McIntosh, Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at about age 33. [1]
- February 20
- Death of William "Willie" Wallace Lincoln at age 11 at the US White House in Washington, D.C., likely of typhoid fever from contaminated drinking water; son of US President Abraham Lincoln. [547.68]
- February 24
- Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at age 72. [1]
- February 27
- Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Italian Catholic youth, dies at age 23. [1]
- March 2
- Frederick West Lander, US Brigadier-General/poet, dies at age 40. [1]
- March 7
- At Pea Ridge, Arkansas, US Brigidier General Samuel Curts' Army of the Southwest of about 12,000 troops battle Confederate Major General Sterling Price's force of about 7000 and Brigidier General Benjamin McCulloch's 8700, both under command of Major General Earl Van Dorn. McCulloch is killed by a bullet to the heart, then his next-in-command Brigadier General James McIntosh is also killed. [888.40]
- William Slack, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle. [1]
- March 8
- Nat Gordon, last pirate, is hanged in New York City, New York for stealing 1,000 slaves. [1]
- March 19
- F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 23
- Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at age 81. [1]
- April 3
- James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies. [1]
- April 4
- Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at age 45. [1]
- April 6
- Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 51. [1]
- Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate General, dies in battle at Shiloh, Mississippi, at age 59. [1]
- April 9
- George W Johnson, US planter/Confederate (Governor-Kentucky), dies at about age 50. [1]
- April 10
- William Harvey Lamb Wallace, US lawyer/Brigadier-General, dies at age 40. [1]
- April 19
- Louis Powell Harvey, US Governor of Wisconsin, drowns. [1]
- April 25
- Charles Ferguson Smith, USA General-Major, dies of infection at age 55. [1]
- May 6
- Henry David Thoreau, American writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at age 44. [1] [5]
- May 18
- William H Keim, USA Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 48. [1]
- May 25
- Johann N Nestroy of Austria, actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at age 60. [1]
- May 31
- Robert Hatton, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about age 34. [1]
- June 6
- CSA General Turner Ashby is killed near Harrisonburg, Virginia, CSA. [1]
- June 7
- William Mumford is first US citizen hanged for treason. [1]
- July 24
- Death of Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook, New York, USA; American lawyer, Senator for New York (1821-28), governor of New York (1829), Secretary of State (1829-31), US vice president (1833-37), 8th US President (1837-41) (dies 1862). [1] [455.72]
- August 9
- Prelude to second Manassas, CSA General Thomas Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mount, however CSA General Charles S Winder is killed. [1]
- October 18
- James Creighton dies of ruptured bladder from hitting home run on October 14th. [1]
- December 7
- Sylvester Churchill, USA Brigadier-General, dies. [1]
- December 13
- Conrad Feger Jackson, USA Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 49. [1]
- Maxcy Gregg, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 48. [1]
- Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 39. [1]
- December 14
- George Dashiell Bayard, USA Brigadier-General, dies at age 27. [1]
- December 18
- Johnson Kelly Duncan, USA architect, CSA Brigadier-General, dies at age 35. [1]
- December 31
- James Edward Rains, USA lawyer, CSA Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 29. [1]
- Joshua Woodrow Sill, USA Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 31. [1]
1863
- January 2
- Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at age 35. [1]
- January 17
- Death of Muhammad Said Pasha at age 41 in his sleep; Egyptian viceroy. [1842.182]
- March 17
- John Pelham, Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at age 24. [1]
- March 21
- Edwin Vose Sumner, USA-General-Major (Fair Oaks), dies at age 66. [1]
- March 28
- James Cooper, US attorney/senator/USA-Brigadier-General, dies at age 52. [1]
- April 10
- Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at age 77. [1]
- April 17
- Daniel Smith Donelson, Confederate General/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at age 61. [1]
- May 1
- Edward Dorr Tracy, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 29. [1]
- May 3
- Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 35. [1]
- May 7
- Amiel Weeks Whipple, USA general-major, dies of injuries at age 46. [1]
- May 10
- Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA General, dies from wounds received at Chancellorsville. [1]
- May 16
- Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 47. [1]
- May 27
- Edward Payson Chapin, USA Brigadier General, dies at age 31. [1]
- May 28
- Edmund Kirby Junior, USA-Brigadier-General, dies of injuries at age 23. [1]
- July 10
- Clement Clarke Moore, author/poet ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at age 83. [1]
- July 26
- Sam Houston, president of Texas, dies at age 70. [1]
- December 2
- Death of Jane Means Appleton Pierce, spouse of US President Franklin Pierce. [444.72]
- December 22
- Michael Corcoran, USA Brigadier-General, dies at age 36. [1]
1864
- January 13
- Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies in a New York hospital at age 37. [1]
- January 16
- Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at age 68. [1]
- January 24
- Stephen Gardner Champlin, Brigadier General (USA), dies at about age 36. [1]
- January 27
- Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at age 59. [1]
- January 31
- Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/Governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies. [1]
- February 19
- William Edwin Baldwin, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies. [1]
- February 21
- Jeffery Forrest, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle. [1]
- March 3
- Ulric Dahlgren, USA Colonel, dies in battle at age 21. [1]
- March 4
- Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity and Humanity), dies. [1]
- March 10
- Maximilian II Jozef, King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at age 52. [1]
- April 12
- Thomas Green, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 50. [1]
- April 22
- Joseph Gilbert Totten, USA General-Major, dies at age 76. [1]
- April 29
- Charles-Julien Brianchon, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem), dies at age 80. [1]
- April 30
- Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas; General William Read Scurry is killed. [1]
- May 5
- Alexander Hays, USA-general-major, dies in battle at age 44. [1]
- John Marshall Jones, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 43. [1]
- Leroy A Stafford, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 42. [1]
- May 6
- Henry Livermore Abbott, USA Brigadier-General, dies in battle. [1]
- Micah Jenkins, Confederate Brigadier-General (friendly fire), dies at age 28. [1]
- May 8
- James Samuel Wadsworth, General-Major (USA), dies in battle at age 56. [1]
- May 9
- "Uncle" John Sedgwick, USA general-major, dies in battle at age 50. [1]
- Thomas Donnely Doubleday, USA Colonel, dies in an accident. [1]
- May 10
- James Clay Rice, lawyer/USA Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 34. [1]
- Thomas Greeley Stevenson, USA Brigadier-General, dies at about age 27. [1]
- May 12
- Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 37. [1]
- J.E.B. Stuart, Confederate General, dies at age 31. [1]
- May 13
- Junius Daniel, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 35. [1]
- May 14
- William N Green Junior, USA Brigadier-General, dies. [1]
- May 18
- James Byron Gordon, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 41. [1]
- May 19
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, US writer (Scarlet Letter), dies. [1]
- May 20
- John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at age 70. [1]
- May 28
- Henry H Giesy, USA-Brigadier-General, dies in battle. [1]
- May 30
- James Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 26. [1]
- June 5
- General William E "Grumble" Jones is killed at Piedmont. [1]
- June 14
- Battle of Pine Mount, General Leonidas Polk is killed in action. [1]
- October 12
- Roger Taney, US Supreme Court Chief Justice, dies at age 87. [1]
- November 3
- Antonio Gonsalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea. [1]
- December 2
- Archibald Gracie Junior, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 31. [1]
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