Birthdays
Benjamin Franklin Brooke
Turns 43 on this date
Samuel Maxwell Harrington
Turns 60 on this date
Isaac McIIvaine
Turns 64 on this date
William Edward Miller
Turns 27 on this date
John Hovey Rice
Turns 47 on this date
Abram Joseph Ryan
Turns 25 on this date
William Holland Thomas
Turns 58 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 | New York Herald correspondent tried for espionage | 02/05/1863 |
| 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 |