November 1862

Wednesday 05:

Indian Wars: In Minnesota, more than 300 Santee Sioux are found guilty of rape and murder of white settlers and are sentenced to hang.

Sunday 09:

American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George McClellan was removed.

Friday 14:

American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.

Wednesday 26:

Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) sends the handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground to 10-year-old Alice Liddell.

Friday 28:

American Civil War: Battle of Cane Hill.