Birthdays
John Joseph Abercrombie
Turns 69 on this date
Richard Wilson Carr
Turns 36 on this date
Alexander Crummell
Turns 48 on this date
James Kent Dukes
Turns 29 on this date
Isaac Lane
Turns 33 on this date
George Armstrong Lyon
Turns 61 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | The 39th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC | 03/03/1867 |
| Crime/Disasters | The New York steamship burns off Cape Hatteras and eleven aboard are killed. | 03/03/1867 |