Birthdays
Samuel Lewis Casey
Turns 41 on this date
Alexander Gilmore Cattell
Turns 46 on this date
Peter Cooper
Turns 71 on this date
James Johnson
Turns 51 on this date
Abraham Lincoln
Turns 53 on this date
Robert Ransom Jr.
Turns 34 on this date
Charles Carroll Walcutt
Turns 24 on this date
Events
| US/the World | In Greece, young army officers initiate a revolt against the ruling royal family |
02/12/1862 to 02/13/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Tennessee, Union forces surround Fort Donelson and begin probing attacks |
02/12/1862 to 02/13/1862 |
| 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 |