Birthdays
John Courts Bagby
Turns 42 on this date
John Summerfield Battee
Turns 37 on this date
William Daniel
Turns 35 on this date
William Duffield Halbert
Turns 27 on this date
John Pegram
Turns 29 on this date
Henry Jarvis Raymond
Turns 41 on this date
Adam Jacoby Slemmer
Turns 33 on this date
John Milton Thayer
Turns 41 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Georgia troops seize the federal arsenal at Augusta | 01/24/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Fugitive Case,” January 24, 1861 | 01/24/1861 |
| Letter | Leonard Swett to Abraham Lincoln, January 24, 1861 | 01/24/1861 |