Birthdays
Michael John Cramer
Turns 27 on this date
Marcellus Monroe Crocker
Turns 32 on this date
David Elliott
Turns 75 on this date
William Maxwell Evarts
Turns 44 on this date
John Brown Gordon
Turns 30 on this date
Richard Hawes
Turns 65 on this date
William Henry Maxwell
Turns 32 on this date
William Dorsey Pender
Turns 28 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Britain's Prince of Wales embarks on a five month tour of the Middle East | 02/06/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In western Tennessee, Fort Henry falls to the naval bombardment of Flag Officer Foote's gunboats | 02/06/1862 |
| 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 |
| Battles/Soldiers | With the opening of the Tennessee River, U.S. naval units raid deep into Tennessee and Alabama |
02/06/1862 to 02/10/1862 |