Birthdays
Hiram Pitt Bennet
Turns 35 on this date
Thomas Holliday Hicks
Turns 63 on this date
Charles Truman Hotchkiss
Turns 28 on this date
Henry Hotze
Turns 28 on this date
Henry Miles Moore
Turns 35 on this date
James Harrison Wilson
Turns 24 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In north London, another railway excursion accident kills sixteen and injures 320 | 09/02/1861 |
| Crime/Disasters | Loaded passenger/cargo ship burns in New York's North River | 09/02/1861 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to John Frémont, September 2, 1861 | 09/02/1861 |