Birthdays
Tiphen Walsingham Allen
Turns 29 on this date
Henry Toole Clark
Turns 54 on this date
John Littleton Dawson
Turns 49 on this date
John Hays Grier
Turns 74 on this date
DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn
Turns 44 on this date
William Marvell Nevin
Turns 56 on this date
Augustus S. Sassaman
Turns 28 on this date
James Monroe Trotter
Turns 20 on this date
Leroy Pope Walker
Turns 45 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In North Carolina, a combined federal army and navy operation captures Roanoke Island |
02/07/1862 to 02/08/1862 |
| Crime/Disasters | In northern California, a river steamer sinks in the Sacramento River but all aboard are rescued | 02/07/1862 |
| 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 | Union artillery units shell Harpers Ferry in response to the reported abuse of a flag of truce | 02/07/1862 |
| 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 |