Birthdays

John James Abert
Turns 73 on this date

William Tell Barnitz
Turns 30 on this date

John Brough
Turns 50 on this date

Franklin Buchanan
Turns 61 on this date

Lucius Quintus Lamar
Turns 36 on this date

Augustus Marion Sawyer
Turns 30 on this date

Earl Van Dorn
Turns 41 on this date
Events
Education/Culture | In Hampton, Virginia, Mary Smith Peake teaches her first classes for "contrabands" | 09/17/1861 |
Crime/Disasters | Troop train crashes through a bridge near Huron, Indiana, killing eighteen Illinois soldiers and injuring many more | 09/17/1861 |