Birthdays
Joseph Benson Akers
Turns 33 on this date
George Thomas Anderson
Turns 38 on this date
Spencer Fullerton Baird
Turns 39 on this date
Aaron Harrison Cragin
Turns 41 on this date
Samuel Ryan Curtis
Turns 57 on this date
Nathan George Evans
Turns 38 on this date
Philander Chinn George
Turns 32 on this date
Horace Greeley
Turns 51 on this date
Events
| 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 |
| Crime/Disasters | Massachusetts court orders six men to trial for the August tarring and feathering of a Haverhill editor | 02/03/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | On the Tennessee River, Union forces deploy for an assault on Forts Henry and Donelson |
02/03/1862 to 02/05/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |
| US/the World | Watched by the U.S.S. Tuscarora, the Confederate warship Nashville sails from Southampton | 02/03/1862 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to the King of Siam, February 3, 1862 | 02/03/1862 |
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Beautiful Weapon,” February 3, 1862 | 02/03/1862 |