Birthdays
Ethelbert Barksdale
Turns 38 on this date
Gustavus Claggett Bird
Turns 23 on this date
Benjamin Franklin Harding
Turns 39 on this date
Levi M. Haverstick
Turns 20 on this date
Martin Bates Hillyard
Turns 22 on this date
Charles Edward Maglaughlin
Turns 23 on this date
Daniel Morris
Turns 50 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In western Virginia, the Confederate "Stonewall Brigade" occupies Bath in Morgan County | 01/04/1862 |
| 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 |