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Lawmaking/Litigating	The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC	12/03/1861—07/16/1862
Lawmaking/Litigating	In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its first session	02/18/1862—04/21/1862
Battles/Soldiers	In North Carolina, Confederate troops defend the locks of the Dismal Swamp Canal from demolition	04/19/1862
Battles/Soldiers	In Virginia, defiant Fredericksburg officials surrender their town to Union General Irvin McDowell	04/19/1862
Personal	Wisconsin Governor Louis P. Harvey drowns in the Tennessee River while visiting Wisconsin troops	04/19/1862