Birthdays

William Aldrich
Turns 42 on this date

Hiram Parks Bell
Turns 35 on this date

John Martin Broomall
Turns 46 on this date

Alonzo Hereford Cushing
Turns 21 on this date

Henry Gray
Turns 46 on this date

Asahel Wheeler Hubbard
Turns 43 on this date

Robert Edward Lee
Turns 55 on this date

Metrah Makely
Turns 31 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | In eastern Kentucky, Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Mill Spring | 01/19/1862 |
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 |