Birthdays
John Lyman Chatfield
Turns 36 on this date
Armistead Lindsay Long
Turns 35 on this date
John McCausland
Turns 26 on this date
William Nelson Molson
Turns 22 on this date
John McAuley Palmer
Turns 45 on this date
John Sedgwick
Turns 49 on this date
Events
| Personal | Governor Vance appoints Edward Warren as Surgeon-General of North Carolina | 09/13/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its second session |
08/18/1862 to 10/13/1862 |
| Battles/Soldiers | The Battle of Harpers Ferry, September 12–15, 1862 |
09/12/1862 to 09/15/1862 |