Birthdays
Richard Lee Turberville Beale
Turns 43 on this date
Jeremiah Tilford Boyle
Turns 44 on this date
Sydney Howard Gay
Turns 48 on this date
Milton Slocum Latham
Turns 35 on this date
Arthur Tappan
Turns 76 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In Richmond, the Confederate Navy convenes a court of inquiry over the destruction of the Merrimac | 05/22/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The U.S. Senate organizes the impeachment trial of U.S. District Judge West H. Humphreys | 05/22/1862 |