Albert Sidney Johnston ( February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862 ) served as a general in three different armies: the Texas Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army.

* Connelly, Thomas L. Army of the Heartland: The Army of Tennessee 1861 – 1862.

* 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins – in Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.

* 1862 – American Civil War: The Andrews Raid ( the Great Locomotive Chase ) occurred, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia ( now Kennesaw ).

* 1862 – American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.

Eastern European theorists include Pyotr Stolypin ( 1862 – 1911 ) and Alexander Chayanov ( 1888 – 1939 ) in Russia ; Adolph Wagner ( 1835 – 1917 ), and Karl Oldenberg in Germany, and Bolesław Limanowski ( 1835 – 1935 ) in Poland.

In the mid-19th century important leaders included Transcendentalists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803 – 1882 ) and Henry David Thoreau ( 1817 – 1862 ).

* 1862 – Victoria of Baden ( d. 1931 )

* 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.

* 1862 – American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.

* 1834 – Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant ( d. 1862 )

* 1862 – American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.

* 1862 – Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach ( d. 1965 )

* 1862 – American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Major General J. E. B.

* 1862 – American Indian Wars: during an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.

* 1862 – Emilio Salgari, Italian writer ( d. 1911 )

* 1931 – Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish fencer, landowner and survivor of RMS Titanic ( b. 1862 )

* 1798 – Sir Allan Napier MacNab Bt, Canadian politician, Premier of the Province of Canada ( d. 1862 )

* Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet, of Dundurn Castle, in the Dominion of Canada ( 1858 ), extinct 1862

* Sir William Smith, A new classical dictionary of Greek and Roman biography, mythology and geography: partly based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Harper and brothers, 1862, page 621

In Waterfall Road is Christ Church, a building of stone which has a tower and spire and was built in 1862 by Sir Gilbert Scott, In the grounds stands the Minchenden Oak, said to be the largest oak tree in England, and perhaps 800 years old.

One of the largest items is the Hereford Screen, weighing nearly 8 tonnes, 10. 5 metres high and 11 metres wide, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1862 for the chancel in Hereford Cathedral, from which it was removed in 1967.

* St David's Cathedral, new west front ( 1789 – 1791 ) completely remodelled by Sir George Gilbert Scott ( 1862 ).

His chief publications are his translation of the History of Herodotus ( in collaboration with Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir John Gardiner Wilkinson ), 1858 – 60 ; The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, 1862 – 67 ; The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy ( Parthian ), 1873 ; The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy ( Sassanian ), 1875 ; Manual of Ancient History, 1869 ; Historical Illustrations of the Old Testament, 1871 ; The Origin of Nations, 1877 ; History of Ancient Egypt, 1881 ; Egypt and Babylon, 1885 ; History of Phoenicia, 1889 ; Parthia, 1893 ; Memoir of Major-General Sir HC Rawlinson, 1898.

* Major-General Sir John Eardley Inglis ( 1814 – 1862 ), in charge of the British forces at the Siege of Lucknow

* Sir William Elliot Johnson ( 1862 – 1932 ), Australian politician

Sir Edward German ( 17 February 1862 – 11 November 1936 ) was an English musician and composer of Welsh descent, best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music for the stage and as a successor to Arthur Sullivan in the field of English comic opera.

* Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon ( 1862 – 1931 ) baronet, sportsman and RMS Titanic survivor

Among his other works were The Passionate Pilgrim ( 1858 ), a volume of selections from Robert Herrick entitled Chrysomela ( 1877 ), a memoir of Arthur Hugh Clough ( 1862 ) and a critical essay on Sir Walter Scott ( 1866 ) prefixed to an edition of his poems.

In 1862 a few town sections were surveyed on the west bank of the river and Longford was named Gore as a compliment to Sir Thomas Gore Browne, an early Governor of New Zealand.

Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet ( 19 February 1798 – 8 August 1862 ) was a Canadian political leader and Premier of the Province of Canada before Canadian Confederation ( 1854 – 1856 ).

* Sir George Clerk, Bt ( 1862 – 1868 )

Started in 1862, the present embankment on the northern side of the river was primarily designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette.

Shalstone Church dedicated to St Edward was almost entirely reconstructed in 1862 by the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott.

A chapel in the town's St Mary's church was restored in his memory in 1862, and a local community college also bears his name: Sir Harry Smith Community College.

Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher " Kit " George Francis Maurice Cradock KCVO CB SGM ( 2 July 1862 – 1 November 1914 ) was a British officer of the Royal Navy.

Sir Thomas Wyse KCB ( 24 December 1791 – 16 April 1862 ), an Irish politician and diplomat, belonged to a family claiming descent from a Devon squire, Andrew Wyse, who is said to have crossed over to Ireland during the reign of Henry II and obtained lands near Waterford, of which city thirty-three members of the family are said to have been mayors or other municipal officers.

* Sir Francis Newdegate GCMG KStJ ( 1862 – 1936 ), Lord of the Manor until 1914 was Governor of Tasmania ( 1917 – 1920 ) and of Western Australia ( 1920 – 1924 ).

* April 20 – Cosmo Duff-Gordon, British baronet and Titanic survivor ( b. 1862 )

Besides the works mentioned St. John was also the author of Journal of a Residence in Normandy ( 1830 ); Lives of Celebrated Travellers ( 1830 ); Anatomy of Society ( 1831 ); History, Manners and Customs of the Hindus ( 1831 ); Margaret Ravenscroft, or Second Love ( 3 vols., 1835 ); The Hellenes, or Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece ( 1842 ); Sir Cosmo Digby, a novel ( 1844 ); Views in the Eastern Archipelago ( 1847 ); There and Back Again in Search of Beauty ( 1853 ); The Nemesis of Power ( 1854 ); Philosophy at the Foot of the Cross ( 1854 ); The Preaching of Christ ( 1855 ); The Ring and the Veil, a novel ( 1856 ); Life of Louis Napoleon ( 1857 ); History of the Four Conquests of England ( 1862 ); and Weighed in the Balance, a novel ( 1864 ).