Birthdays

David Wyatt Aiken
Turns 34 on this date

Patrick Edward Connor
Turns 42 on this date

Moncure Daniel Conway
Turns 30 on this date

John Covode
Turns 54 on this date

Martin Jenkins Crawford
Turns 42 on this date

Thomas Morris Gunn
Turns 22 on this date

Jacob Hoke
Turns 37 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Days before its dedication, a new Presbyterian church in Binghampton, New York burns to the ground |
03/16/1862 to 03/17/1862 |
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 |
Battles/Soldiers | Under cover of darkness, the Confederate commerce raider Nashville escapes Beaufort, North Carolina |
03/17/1862 to 03/18/1862 |