Birthdays

John Hall Allstadt
Turns 43 on this date

Absalom Arter
Turns 17 on this date

Arthur W. Bannister
Turns 17 on this date

Wilson Barrett
Turns 28 on this date

Julia D. Coulter Bates
Turns 55 on this date

Thomas Bayne
Turns 38 on this date

John Yates Beall
Turns 27 on this date

Philip Alexander Bell
Turns 54 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | Federal Income Tax takes effect in the United States | 01/01/1862 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Wheeling, the elected West Virginia convention is meeting to write a constitution for the new state |
11/26/1861 to 02/18/1862 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |
US/the World | The United States releases the Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell into British custody | 01/01/1862 |
Documents
Letter | Herman Merrills Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1862 | 01/01/1862 |