Birthdays
Samuel Cushman Caldwell
Turns 26 on this date
Thomas Care
Turns 30 on this date
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb
Turns 39 on this date
David McMurtrie Gregg
Turns 29 on this date
Charles Murray Harris
Turns 41 on this date
Benjamin Franklin Kelley
Turns 55 on this date
Thomas Overton Moore
Turns 58 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In coastal Georgia, Fort Pulaski endures a thirty hour Union bombardment before surrendering |
04/10/1862 to 04/11/1862 |
| 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 |
Documents
| Executive record | President Abraham Lincoln, Proclamation to the Nation | 04/10/1862 |