Birthdays
Taylor F. Blow
Turns 42 on this date
Maunsell Bradhurst Field
Turns 40 on this date
Edward Haight
Turns 45 on this date
Herman Haupt
Turns 45 on this date
Thomas West Sherman
Turns 49 on this date
Adam Clarke Snyder
Turns 28 on this date
Charles F. Willard
Turns 40 on this date
George Washington Woodward
Turns 53 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In New Mexico, Texas and Colorado units clash in the Glorieta Pass at Apache Canyon | 03/26/1862 |
| 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 western Missouri, Missouri Union cavalry drive off the Missourians raiders of William C. Quantrill | 03/26/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |