Birthdays
Thomas Samuel Ashe
Turns 49 on this date
Henry Lewis Baugher
Turns 57 on this date
Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke
Turns 44 on this date
Samuel Colt
Turns 47 on this date
John Irvin Gregg
Turns 35 on this date
Isaac R. Merrill
Turns 47 on this date
Roger Atkinson Pryor
Turns 33 on this date
Lemuel Snively
Turns 27 on this date
Robert John Walker
Turns 60 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 | Chicago (IL) Tribune, “A Good Idea,” July 19, 1861 | 07/19/1861 |