Birthdays
Benjamin Franklin Brooke
Turns 42 on this date
Samuel Maxwell Harrington
Turns 59 on this date
Isaac McIIvaine
Turns 63 on this date
William Edward Miller
Turns 26 on this date
John Hovey Rice
Turns 46 on this date
Abram Joseph Ryan
Turns 24 on this date
William Holland Thomas
Turns 57 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Britain rescinds its Trent Affair restrictions on the export of saltpeter and other war materials | 02/05/1862 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Philadelphia, a lager-beer brewery suffers heavy fire damage | 02/05/1862 |
| 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 |
| Battles/Soldiers | On the Tennessee River, Union forces deploy for an assault on Forts Henry and Donelson |
02/03/1862 to 02/05/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The U.S. Senate votes to expel Indiana Senator Jesse Bright as a Southern sympathizer | 02/05/1862 |