Birthdays
Henry Brooks Adams
Turns 24 on this date
James Patton Anderson
Turns 40 on this date
Joseph Reid Anderson
Turns 49 on this date
Lysander Cutler
Turns 55 on this date
Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac
Turns 30 on this date
Joseph Ketchum Edgerton
Turns 44 on this date
John Wesley Heisley
Turns 38 on this date
John Daniel Imboden
Turns 39 on this date
James Kerr Kelly
Turns 43 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In Tennessee, General Grant forces Fort Donelson's "unconditional and immediate" surrender | 02/16/1862 |
| 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 |
| Crime/Disasters | New steamship bound for Canada with British government supplies sinks in a storm in mid-Atlantic | 02/16/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |