Birthdays
Thomas James Churchill
Turns 39 on this date
Robert Lowry
Turns 33 on this date
William Chambers Maloy
Turns 31 on this date
John Alexander Martin
Turns 24 on this date
John McCloskey
Turns 53 on this date
William Henry Penrose
Turns 31 on this date
George Wythe Randolph
Turns 45 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 |
| Legal/Political | Justice Robert Grier issues opinion in the Prize Cases | 03/10/1863 |