Birthdays
James Gordon Bennett
Turns 67 on this date
James Campbell
Turns 50 on this date
Peter Cartwright
Turns 77 on this date
Dennis B. Clary
Turns 40 on this date
James Conner
Turns 33 on this date
Isaac Hardin Duval
Turns 38 on this date
William Edward Finck
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 |
| Slavery/Abolition | Moncure Conway becomes co-editor of "The Commonwealth, " an anti-slavery journal | 09/01/1862 |