Birthdays

Samuel Riley Bird
Turns 34 on this date

Howell Cobb
Turns 47 on this date

William Hemsley Emory
Turns 51 on this date

Thomas Andrews Hendricks
Turns 43 on this date

James Kennedy Moorhead
Turns 56 on this date

Henry Bascom Ridgaway
Turns 32 on this date

Albert Ritchie
Turns 28 on this date

Peter Godwin Van Winkle
Turns 54 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 |
Documents
Letter | William Elisha Stoker to Elizabeth E. Stoker, September 7-8, 1862 |
09/07/1862 to 09/08/1862 |