Birthdays
Lewis Golding Arnold
Turns 44 on this date
Benjamin Franklin Ball
Turns 22 on this date
John Cabell Breckinridge
Turns 40 on this date
Alexander Mosby Clayton
Turns 60 on this date
Abigail Kelley Foster
Turns 50 on this date
Lafayette McLaws
Turns 40 on this date
Hiester Henry Muhlenburg
Turns 49 on this date
Ozora Pierson Stearns
Turns 30 on this date
John Dodson Stiles
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | In Harrisburg, Andrew Gregg Curtin sworn in as the Pennsylvania's first Republican governor | 01/15/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
Documents
| Letter | Alexander K. McClure to Abraham Lincoln, January 15, 1861 | 01/15/1861 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Coercion Symptoms in the West and North-West,” January 15, 1861 | 01/15/1861 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Ex-Secretary Floyd on the Crisis,” January 15, 1861 | 01/15/1861 |