Birthdays
John B. Coover
Turns 28 on this date
George Freaner
Turns 31 on this date
James Monroe Kimberlin
Turns 34 on this date
Jacob Gartner Lauman
Turns 49 on this date
Robert McKnight
Turns 42 on this date
David Wilmot
Turns 48 on this date
Events
| 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 | Secretary of War E.M. Stanton orders appointment of Union commissioners to visit Southern prisons | 01/20/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |