Birthdays

Myra Colby Bradwell
Turns 31 on this date

John Churchill Brooking
Turns 26 on this date

Johnson Hagood
Turns 33 on this date

Hoar Ebenezer Rockwood
Turns 46 on this date

Isaac McCurley
Turns 23 on this date

George Douglas Ramsay
Turns 60 on this date

John Henry Winder
Turns 62 on this date

James H. Wolf
Turns 28 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Confederate Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley inflicts a heavy defeat on Union forces in New Mexico | 02/21/1862 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its first session |
02/18/1862 to 04/21/1862 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | Slave ship captain Nathaniel Gordon executed in New York City as a pirate for slave trading | 02/21/1862 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |