Birthdays

John Denison Baldwin
Turns 53 on this date

James Burns Belford
Turns 25 on this date

Thomas Morris Chaney
Turns 21 on this date

George Crook
Turns 34 on this date

Emerson Etheridge
Turns 43 on this date

James Deering Fessenden
Turns 29 on this date

John Gregg
Turns 34 on this date

Aaron Augustus Sargent
Turns 35 on this date

John Keagy Stayman
Turns 39 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 | Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, September 28, 1862 | 09/28/1862 |