Birthdays
Henry "Box" Brown
Turns 47 on this date
Horace Gray
Turns 34 on this date
John Henry Hubbard
Turns 58 on this date
William Henry Longsdorff
Turns 28 on this date
William Boyer Lupton
Turns 29 on this date
Lambdin Purdy Milligan
Turns 50 on this date
Charles Henry Mytinger
Turns 29 on this date
Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose
Turns 35 on this date
John Wesley Powell
Turns 28 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | In Cincinnati, Wendell Phillips is forced from the stage as he attempts agitate for abolition and disunion | 03/24/1862 |
| 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 |