Birthdays
William Wirt Adams
Turns 43 on this date
Braxton Bragg
Turns 45 on this date
Freeman Clarke
Turns 53 on this date
Abner Coburn
Turns 59 on this date
George Banghart Day
Turns 34 on this date
Henry Martyn Harman
Turns 40 on this date
Samuel J. Jones
Turns 26 on this date
Gabriel Rene Paul
Turns 49 on this date
Joseph Rideout
Turns 18 on this date
Events
| 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 |
| US/the World | The Kingdom of Italy signs a treaty guaranteeing the independence of its tiny neighbor, San Marino | 03/22/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |