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 |