Birthdays
Henry Clay Cheston
Turns 27 on this date
George Reeder Garner
Turns 18 on this date
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Turns 36 on this date
Eppa Hunton
Turns 39 on this date
John Wesley Landis
Turns 24 on this date
Robert McCachren
Turns 63 on this date
Truman Seymour
Turns 37 on this date
Henry Warner Slocum
Turns 34 on this date
William Nathan Harrell Smith
Turns 49 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | At Point of Rocks, Union troops on the Maryland side skirmish with Confederate units across the Potomac | 09/24/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Washington DC, two French princes join the Union Army on the staff of General McClellan | 09/24/1861 |