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 |