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 |