Birthdays
Augustus Frank
Turns 35 on this date
Henry Byrd Lewis
Turns 35 on this date
John Ritchie
Turns 44 on this date
Henry Robinson Torbert
Turns 27 on this date
Elijah Catlin Wadhams
Turns 36 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Mexico suspends interest payments on it foreign debts and causes consternation in Europe | 07/17/1861 |
| 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 | Raleigh (NC) Register, “The Gallantry of Southern Men,” July 17, 1861 | 07/17/1861 |