Birthdays
John Franklin Farnsworth
Turns 42 on this date
Rufus King Jr.
Turns 24 on this date
Samuel Knox
Turns 47 on this date
Charles O'Neill
Turns 41 on this date
Joseph Spencer
Turns 72 on this date
Events
| US/the World | British captain and two of his men recapture the Emily St. Pierre from its U.S. Navy prize crew | 03/21/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Commodore Du Pont moves on Saint Augustine, Florida and finds U.S. Marines already there | 03/21/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its first session |
02/18/1862 to 04/21/1862 |
| US/the World | In Vietnam, French forces under Rear Admiral Louis-Adolph Bonard besiege and capture My Tho |
03/20/1862 to 03/23/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In western Virginia, Stonewall Jackson's infantry marches at a grueling pace towards Winchester |
03/21/1862 to 03/22/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | President Lincoln forms two new Army Departments in the South | 03/21/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |