Birthdays
William Aiken
Turns 55 on this date
William Vincent Allen
Turns 14 on this date
Daniel Moore Bates
Turns 40 on this date
George Sewall Boutwell
Turns 43 on this date
William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks
Turns 40 on this date
Henry Brevard Davidson
Turns 30 on this date
Andrew Jackson Hamilton
Turns 46 on this date
Thomas Carmichael Hindman
Turns 33 on this date
Robert Doak Lilley
Turns 25 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Boston registered cargo ship bound for Liverpool wrecked on Irish coast and eighteen drown | 01/28/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Major Pierre Gustave T. Beauregard is removed from his post as Superintendent of West Point | 01/28/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Texans gather in Austin for their secession convention | 01/28/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The U. S. Senate votes thirty-six to sixteen to admit free Kansas as the 34th state of the Union | 01/28/1861 |
| Crime/Disasters | Train crash outside London kills one of Queen Victoria's doctors and injure many others | 01/28/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Hardly Credible,” January 28, 1861 | 01/28/1861 |
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “‘Coercion’ in Alabama,” January 28, 1861 | 01/28/1861 |