Birthdays
Frederick William Benteen
Turns 28 on this date
Hiram Gregory Berry
Turns 38 on this date
Thomas Fenwick Drayton
Turns 54 on this date
John Day Easter
Turns 32 on this date
George Whitefield John
Turns 23 on this date
Edmund Ayres Maginniss
Turns 30 on this date
George Earl Maney
Turns 36 on this date
John Newton
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its second session |
08/18/1862 to 10/13/1862 |