Birthdays
Henry Taylor Blow
Turns 44 on this date
Thomas Bowman
Turns 44 on this date
Sidney Breese
Turns 61 on this date
Charles Cummins
Turns 85 on this date
Carson Courtland Moore
Turns 37 on this date
William Harrison Randall
Turns 49 on this date
Olive Risley Seward
Turns 17 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 37th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early July, 1861 till early August, 1861 |
07/05/1861 to 08/05/1861 |
| Science/Technology | The Great Comet of 1861 visible to the naked eye over North America and Europe |
06/30/1861 to 08/15/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Military Printers Having Their Joke,” July 15, 1861 | 07/15/1861 |