Birthdays
Blanche Kelso Bruce
Turns 22 on this date
Robert Christie Buchanan
Turns 52 on this date
Lewis Garrard Clarke
Turns 48 on this date
James Fleming Fagan
Turns 35 on this date
Hiram Bronson Granbury
Turns 32 on this date
William Dean Howells
Turns 26 on this date
John Moore Leonard
Turns 30 on this date
Albin Francisco Schoepf
Turns 41 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 |