Birthdays
John Sappington Marmaduke
Turns 29 on this date
Alfred Nevin
Turns 46 on this date
Samuel Higgins Hamilton Peach
Turns 31 on this date
Aaron Rittenhouse
Turns 25 on this date
Jerome Bonaparte Robertson
Turns 47 on this date
John Curtiss Underwood
Turns 53 on this date
James Wallace
Turns 44 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Confederate troops hastily evacuate New Madrid, Missouri in the face of a powerful Union advance | 03/14/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In North Carolina, combined Union land and naval force win the battle of New Bern | 03/14/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its first session |
02/18/1862 to 04/21/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Massachusetts votes to build its own ironclads to defend its coast against the Confederate Navy | 03/14/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Senator Lazarus Powell survives a U.S. Senate vote to expel him for "seducing citizens into rebellion and treason" | 03/14/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |