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 |