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 |