Birthdays
James Isham Gilbert
Turns 38 on this date
Henry Grider
Turns 65 on this date
John Howard Kitching
Turns 23 on this date
Edward Joy Morris
Turns 46 on this date
Robert Brown Potter
Turns 32 on this date
Thomas R. Stewart
Turns 41 on this date
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
Turns -1 on this date
Jacob Zeilin
Turns 55 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 | New York Tribune, “Our Soldiers’ Families,” July 16, 1861 | 07/16/1861 |