Birthdays

Alfred Heno Ames
Turns 31 on this date

John White Brockenbrough
Turns 56 on this date

George Edward Cole
Turns 36 on this date

Henry Highland Garnett
Turns 47 on this date

William C Goodrich
Turns 56 on this date

Samuel Henry Griffith
Turns 36 on this date

John Alexander Lockwood
Turns 51 on this date

William Nelson Pendleton
Turns 54 on this date

David Addison Weisiger
Turns 44 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The third session of the 37th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 6, 1863 |
12/23/1862 to 01/05/1863 |
Documents
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Fanny McCullough, December 23, 1862 | 12/23/1862 |