Birthdays

James Williamson Bosler
Turns 29 on this date

Charles Devens
Turns 42 on this date

Dorothea Lynde Dix
Turns 60 on this date

Claiborne Fox Jackson
Turns 56 on this date

Thomas Lincoln
Turns 9 on this date

Robert Byington Mitchell
Turns 39 on this date

Jesse Truesdell Peck
Turns 51 on this date

John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders
Turns 22 on this date

John Wilson Sprague
Turns 45 on this date
Events
Education/Culture | In billiards, Michael Foley wins his much anticipated return match with Dudley Kavanaugh |
04/04/1862 to 04/05/1862 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its first session |
02/18/1862 to 04/21/1862 |
Battles/Soldiers | President Lincoln creates two new army departments, one directly protecting Washington DC | 04/04/1862 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |
Battles/Soldiers | The U.S.S. Carondelet makes her daring night run past the Confederate blockade on the Mississippi |
04/04/1862 to 04/05/1862 |