July 1862

Tuesday 01:

Russian State Library is founded

Friday 04:

Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.

Saturday 12:

Medal of Honor authorized by the United States Congress.

Tuesday 15:

American Civil War: Confederates break naval blockade of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Wednesday 16:

American Civil War: David G. Farragut becomes the first United States Navy rear admiral.

Saturday 19:

At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.

Wednesday 23:

American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.