Birthdays
Lewis Addison Lothario ("Lo") Armistead
Turns 45 on this date
John Bell
Turns 65 on this date
Ann Barbara Hall Colwell
Turns 29 on this date
James Deshler
Turns 29 on this date
Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough
Turns 57 on this date
Walter Paye Lane
Turns 45 on this date
Jacques Jacques Alfred Alexander Mouton
Turns 33 on this date
William Miller Parsons
Turns 27 on this date
George Peabody
Turns 67 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its first session |
02/18/1862 to 04/21/1862 |
| 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 |