Birthdays
Lewis Golding Arnold
Turns 45 on this date
Benjamin Franklin Ball
Turns 23 on this date
John Cabell Breckinridge
Turns 41 on this date
Alexander Mosby Clayton
Turns 61 on this date
Abigail Kelley Foster
Turns 51 on this date
Lafayette McLaws
Turns 41 on this date
Hiester Henry Muhlenburg
Turns 50 on this date
Ozora Pierson Stearns
Turns 31 on this date
John Dodson Stiles
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Science/Technology | Full moon shines over eastern United States | 01/15/1862 |
| Crime/Disasters | In northern Delaware, a work train crashes into the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, killing seven | 01/15/1862 |
| 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 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | U.S. Senate confirms Edwin M. Stanton's nomination as Secretary of War on a vote of 36-2 | 01/15/1862 |