Birthdays

William Burton
Turns 72 on this date

John Francis Chaplain
Turns 37 on this date

Thomas Turpin Crittenden
Turns 36 on this date

William Howard Day
Turns 36 on this date

William Pitt Fessenden
Turns 55 on this date

James Hamilton
Turns 68 on this date

John Winfield Scott Kough
Turns 24 on this date

Francis Richard Lubbock
Turns 46 on this date

Isaac Murphy
Turns 58 on this date
Events
US/the World | Confederate diplomats James Mason and John Slidell slip through the Charleston blockade bound for Europe | 10/16/1861 |
Education/Culture | In New York City, the Bellevue Hospital Medical College opens its first regular term | 10/16/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Confederate Post Office issues its first postage stamps, bearing the likeness of Jefferson Davis | 10/16/1861 |