Birthdays
James Cameron Allen
Turns 41 on this date
Samuel Penniman Bates
Turns 36 on this date
Franklin Gardner
Turns 40 on this date
William McKinley Jr.
Turns 20 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 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Union Volunteer troops attack and kill hundreds of Shoshone at Bear River, in present-day Idaho | 01/29/1863 |