1862 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1862.

Contents

1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 April events 1.3 May events 1.4 June events 1.5 July events 1.6 Unknown date events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

January events

• January 1 - Maj. Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson marches his troops northward with the objective of disrupting traffic on the B&O Railroad and C&O Canal; the Battle of Hancock is unsuccessful and the Confederate Army withdraws.

April events

• April 12 - Andrew's Raiders steal The General and drive it north toward Chattanooga, Tennessee, with Western and Atlantic Railroad conductor William Fuller chasing it in the Great Locomotive Chase.

May events

• May 6 - the bill that would become the Pacific Railroad Act is passed by the United States House of Representatives.

June events

• June 20 - the bill that would become the Pacific Railroad Act is passed by the United States Senate.

July events

• July 1 - the Pacific Railroad Act is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
• July 1 - the Union Pacific Railroad is incorporated.

Unknown date events

• Cornelius Vanderbilt acquires the New York and Harlem Railroad.

Births

Deaths

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