Birthdays
Thomas Green Chattle
Turns 28 on this date
Daniel Merritt Eckman
Turns 22 on this date
Erasmus Darwin Keyes
Turns 52 on this date
John Letcher
Turns 49 on this date
Thomas Taylor Munford
Turns 31 on this date
Joshua Thomas Owen
Turns 40 on this date
William McFunn Penrose
Turns 37 on this date
Edward Lillie Pierce
Turns 33 on this date
Robert Emmett Rodes
Turns 33 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In Kingston, Jamaica, a devastating fire destroys much of the commercial district around the docks | 03/29/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Loudon County, Virginia, Pennsylvania infantry storm the streets of Middleburg and take the town | 03/29/1862 |
| 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 snowy Washington, imprisoned spy Rose Greenhow meets with the Commission on Political Prisoners | 03/29/1862 |
| Crime/Disasters | Massive explosion at a Philadelphia cartridge factory kills sixteen people and levels the complex | 03/29/1862 |
| Science/Technology | Pennsylvania troops reportedly use the machine gun in open combat for the first time in the war | 03/29/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |