Birthdays
Charles Albright
Turns 31 on this date
Aaron Boon
Turns 28 on this date
Clement Claiborne Clay Jr.
Turns 45 on this date
Israel Smyser Diehl
Turns 35 on this date
Benjamin Gwinn Harris
Turns 56 on this date
Samuel Dexter Lecompte
Turns 47 on this date
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln
Turns 43 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Confederate forces repel a heavy Union attack on their base at Camp Allegheny in the western Virginia mountains | 12/13/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Wheeling, the elected West Virginia convention is meeting to write a constitution for the new state |
11/26/1861 to 02/18/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |
Documents
| Executive record | Claiborne Fox Jackson to the Soldiers and Fellow-Citizens of Missouri, December 13, 1861 | 12/13/1861 |