Birthdays
George Burgwyn Anderson
Turns 31 on this date
Robert Newton Baer
Turns 28 on this date
Francis Preston Blair Sr.
Turns 71 on this date
John C. Brock
Turns 19 on this date
George Gibbs Dibrell
Turns 40 on this date
Grenville Mellen Dodge
Turns 31 on this date
Charles William Foster Jr.
Turns 34 on this date
George Wallace Jones
Turns 58 on this date
Events
| Personal | Death of former New Jersey Senator and Whig vice-presidential candidate Theodore Freylinghuysen | 04/12/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Georgia, Union infiltrators commandeer a Confederate train and initiate the "Great Locomotive Chase" | 04/12/1862 |
| 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 |