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 |