Birthdays
William Burton
Turns 73 on this date
John Francis Chaplain
Turns 38 on this date
Thomas Turpin Crittenden
Turns 37 on this date
William Howard Day
Turns 37 on this date
William Pitt Fessenden
Turns 56 on this date
James Hamilton
Turns 69 on this date
John Winfield Scott Kough
Turns 25 on this date
Francis Richard Lubbock
Turns 47 on this date
Isaac Murphy
Turns 59 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In Atlanta, the captured Union raiders from the failed attack on the Georgia rail system stage a mass escape | 10/16/1862 |