Birthdays
William Henry Allen
Turns 54 on this date
Isaac Newton Brown
Turns 45 on this date
William Bumgardner McGilvray
Turns 35 on this date
Virginia Louisa Minor
Turns 38 on this date
Sidney Perham
Turns 45 on this date
Samuel Buchanan Smith
Turns 56 on this date
Henry Clay Whiting
Turns 17 on this date
Samuel Kosciuszko Zook
Turns 41 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Abolitionist lecture in Burlington, New Jersey ends in chaos and a barrage of rotten eggs | 03/27/1862 |
| 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 |