Birthdays
Oakes Ames
Turns 58 on this date
Jeremiah Sullivan Black
Turns 52 on this date
Daniel Stem Burns
Turns 30 on this date
James Mason Campbell
Turns 52 on this date
Meriwether Lewis Clark
Turns 53 on this date
Alexander Brydie Dyer
Turns 47 on this date
Alexander Travis Hawthorn
Turns 37 on this date
John Thompson Hoffman
Turns 34 on this date
Alexander Franklin James
Turns 19 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In eastern Kentucky, future U.S. President James A. Garfield wins a small but important Union victory | 01/10/1862 |
| Campaigns/Elections | In Sacramento, Republican railway builder Leland Stanford becomes the eighth governor of California | 01/10/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Wheeling, the elected West Virginia convention is meeting to write a constitution for the new state |
11/26/1861 to 02/18/1862 |
| Personal | Multi-millionaire inventor and businessman Samuel Colt dies at his estate in Connecticut | 01/10/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The United States Senate expels Missouri Senators Waldo Johnson and Trusten Polk for treason | 01/10/1862 |
Documents
| Miscellaneous | Proclamation of the Allied Commissioners to the People of Mexico, Vera Cruz, January 10, 1862 | 01/10/1862 |