Birthdays
Osborne Perry Anderson
Turns 31 on this date
John Robert Baylor
Turns 39 on this date
William Root Brewster
Turns 33 on this date
Thomas Lanier Clingman
Turns 49 on this date
Jasper Yeates Conyngham
Turns 52 on this date
George Washington Dupee
Turns 34 on this date
Ferdinand James Samuel Gorgas
Turns 26 on this date
Dwight Loomis
Turns 40 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 | (Concord) New Hampshire Statesman, “Democratic Brutality,” July 27, 1861 | 07/27/1861 |