Birthdays
Joseph Bailey
Turns 52 on this date
George Washington Bethune
Turns 57 on this date
William Robertson Boggs
Turns 33 on this date
Francis Fessenden
Turns 23 on this date
Francis Lieber
Turns 64 on this date
Lewis Linn McArthur
Turns 19 on this date
James Elijah Pilcher
Turns 5 on this date
John Pope
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| US/the World | British ship Emily St. Pierre seized off the South Carolina coast and sent as a prize to Philadelphia | 03/18/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its first session |
02/18/1862 to 04/21/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Virginia, Confederate forces abandon Acqui Creek Landing, firing the wharves as they leave | 03/18/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The governors of Pennsylvania and New Jersey also react to the emergence of naval ironclad warfare | 03/18/1862 |
| 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 |