Birthdays

Samuel Augustus Bridges
Turns 61 on this date

John Price Clark
Turns 33 on this date

Robert Sanford Foster
Turns 29 on this date

James Morrison Hawes
Turns 39 on this date

John Percival Jones
Turns 34 on this date

William Henry Fitzhugh Payne
Turns 33 on this date

Samuel Allen Rice
Turns 35 on this date

Richard Taylor
Turns 37 on this date

Martin Russell Thayer
Turns 44 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its third session |
01/12/1863 to 05/01/1863 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The third session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington DC until early March 1863 |
01/07/1863 to 03/02/1863 |
Documents
Newspaper | Savannah (GA) Morning News, “The Capture of Arkansas Post,” January 27, 1863 | 01/27/1863 |