Birthdays
Joseph Randolph Cockerill
Turns 44 on this date
Isaac Cole
Turns 38 on this date
Augustus Caesar Dodge
Turns 50 on this date
Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings
Turns 46 on this date
Aaron Harding
Turns 57 on this date
William Shorten Henerey
Turns 35 on this date
William Brown McIlvaine
Turns 55 on this date
Shadrach Minkins
Turns 48 on this date
William Winter Payne
Turns 55 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Fatal railway accident in Northern Ireland | 01/02/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In South Carolina, a Confederate steamer easily avoids the U.S. Navy and enters the blockaded port of Charleston | 01/02/1862 |
| 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 |