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 |