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 |