Birthdays
William Orlando Butler
Turns 71 on this date
Isaac Brown Parker
Turns 21 on this date
James Sidney Rollins
Turns 50 on this date
Charles Scott Venable
Turns 35 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In North Carolina, Confederate troops defend the locks of the Dismal Swamp Canal from demolition | 04/19/1862 |
| 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 Virginia, defiant Fredericksburg officials surrender their town to Union General Irvin McDowell | 04/19/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |
| Personal | Wisconsin Governor Louis P. Harvey drowns in the Tennessee River while visiting Wisconsin troops | 04/19/1862 |