Birthdays

John Hall Allstadt
Turns 44 on this date

Absalom Arter
Turns 18 on this date

Arthur W. Bannister
Turns 18 on this date

Wilson Barrett
Turns 29 on this date

Julia D. Coulter Bates
Turns 56 on this date

Thomas Bayne
Turns 39 on this date

John Yates Beall
Turns 28 on this date

Philip Alexander Bell
Turns 55 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | At Port Royal, South Carolina, the 1st South Carolina Colored Infantry receives its regimental colors | 01/01/1863 |
Personal | Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympic Games is born in Paris | 01/01/1863 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 | 01/01/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | The Battle of Stone's River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863 |
12/31/1862 to 01/02/1863 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Homestead Act comes into effect | 01/01/1863 |
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
Executive record | Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, Washington, DC, January 1, 1863 | 01/01/1863 |