Birthdays
Henry Whitney Bellows
Turns 48 on this date
Augustus Hill Garland
Turns 30 on this date
James Lawson Kemper
Turns 39 on this date
Robert Huston Milroy
Turns 46 on this date
Samuel Davis Sturgis
Turns 40 on this date
Eli Thayer
Turns 43 on this date
John Weller
Turns 32 on this date
Events
| Science/Technology | A total eclipse of the Moon late in the evening is visible across much of the United States |
06/11/1862 to 06/12/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Richmond, the Confederate Navy court of inquiry into the scuttling of the Merrimac makes its report | 06/11/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |