Birthdays
Edgar Cowan
Turns 47 on this date
Joseph Hoopes
Turns 21 on this date
J. Emory McClintock
Turns 22 on this date
John Brown Storm
Turns 24 on this date
Joseph Rodman West
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Personal | Confederate Brigadier General Lewis Henry Little falls to rifle fire during the Battle of Iuka | 09/19/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In heavy fighting, Union forces repulse a Confederate advance near Iuka, Mississippi |
09/19/1862 to 09/20/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its second session |
08/18/1862 to 10/13/1862 |