Birthdays
Manning Ferguson Force
Turns 37 on this date
Joseph Henry
Turns 64 on this date
James Thadeus Holtzclaw
Turns 28 on this date
Samuel Jones
Turns 42 on this date
Frederick West Lander
Turns 40 on this date
John O'Neill
Turns 39 on this date
William Gaston Steele
Turns 41 on this date
Delia Ann Webster
Turns 44 on this date
Events
| US/the World | In Vietnam, French forces under Rear Admiral Louis-Adolph Bonard besiege and capture Bien-Hoa |
12/14/1861 to 12/18/1861 |
| 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
| Newspaper | Chillicothe (OH) Scioto Gazette, “The World Begins to Know Us,” December 17, 1861 | 12/17/1861 |