Birthdays

William Boyd Allison
Turns 33 on this date

William Thomas Carroll
Turns 60 on this date

Jefferson Columbus Davis
Turns 34 on this date

Sidney George Fisher
Turns 53 on this date

Samuel Houston
Turns 69 on this date

Abram Lycurgus Line
Turns 21 on this date

Bernard Harrison Nadal
Turns 49 on this date

Carl Schurz
Turns 33 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Famous explorer and Union general Frederick West Lander dies at his headquarters in western Virginia | 03/02/1862 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, former Constitutional Unionist congressman John Minor Botts is arrested in dawn raid | 03/02/1862 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its first session |
02/18/1862 to 04/21/1862 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |