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 |