Birthdays
Andrew Gregg Curtin
Turns 45 on this date
John Calhoun Gilmore
Turns 40 on this date
Godlove Stein Orth
Turns 45 on this date
Charles Morgan Pearre
Turns 24 on this date
Lewis Thornton Powell
Turns 18 on this date
William Charles Ford Reed
Turns 31 on this date
Cadwallader Colden Washburn
Turns 44 on this date
Charles Henry Winfield
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | A congressional committee reports that Senator Benjamin Stark of Oregon is a southern sympathizer | 04/22/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is now adjourned till August | 04/22/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |