Birthdays

Oakes Ames
Turns 57 on this date

Jeremiah Sullivan Black
Turns 51 on this date

Daniel Stem Burns
Turns 29 on this date

James Mason Campbell
Turns 51 on this date

Meriwether Lewis Clark
Turns 52 on this date

Alexander Brydie Dyer
Turns 46 on this date

Alexander Travis Hawthorn
Turns 36 on this date

John Thompson Hoffman
Turns 33 on this date

Alexander Franklin James
Turns 18 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | In Baton Rouge, Louisiana militia take control of massive stocks of arms at the Federal Arsenal | 01/10/1861 |
Crime/Disasters | In Ohio, a Cincinnati mob attempts the lynching of the killers of two city policemen | 01/10/1861 |
Battles/Soldiers | In Pensacola Bay, U.S. Army Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer consolidates his forces in Fort Pickens | 01/10/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Tallahassee, the Florida secession convention votes by 62-7 to leave the United States | 01/10/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Driven From Kentucky,” January 10, 1861 | 01/10/1861 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “Arms for Traitors,” January 10, 1861 | 01/10/1861 |