Birthdays
William Felix Brantley
Turns 36 on this date
Bradley Francis Granger
Turns 41 on this date
John Robert Jones
Turns 39 on this date
William Flank Perry
Turns 43 on this date
Charles Henry Ray
Turns 45 on this date
John Conover Ten Eyck
Turns 52 on this date
William Richard Terry
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Democrats sweep to power in the accelerated New Orleans city elections. | 03/12/1866 |
| Crime/Disasters | Ex-Confederate General George Pickett reaches out to his old West Point friend U.S. Grant for amnesty | 03/12/1866 |
| Legal/Political | The first session of the 39th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to late July, 1866 |
01/07/1866 to 07/27/1866 |