Birthdays
Orville Hickman Browning
Turns 56 on this date
James King Davidson
Turns 52 on this date
Isham Green Harris
Turns 44 on this date
William Read Scurry
Turns 41 on this date
Rufus Watson Wharton
Turns 35 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 | 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 |