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 |