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 |