Birthdays
William Plummer Bird
Turns 36 on this date
Lawson Botts
Turns 36 on this date
Richard James Oglesby
Turns 37 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 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Senate passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution that limits U.S. war aims to saving the Union | 07/25/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “What is a Blockade?,” July 25, 1861 | 07/25/1861 |