Birthdays
Jeremiah W. Asher
Turns 50 on this date
Lafayette Curry Baker
Turns 36 on this date
Henry Haywood Bell
Turns 54 on this date
George William Brown
Turns 50 on this date
James Cook Conkling
Turns 46 on this date
George Purnell Fisher
Turns 45 on this date
Edwin Lycurgus Griffith
Turns 24 on this date
John Rock
Turns 37 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 George Brinton McClellan, October 13, 1862 | 10/13/1862 |
| Newspaper | Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “The Rebel Raid on Chambersburg,” October 13, 1862 | 10/13/1862 |