Birthdays

Rush Elmore
Turns 44 on this date

Richard W. Johnson
Turns 36 on this date

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Turns 56 on this date

James Madison Marvin
Turns 54 on this date

William Pape
Turns 13 on this date

Edward Alfred Pollard
Turns 32 on this date

John Locke Scripps
Turns 45 on this date

John William Clark Watson
Turns 55 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 |