Birthdays
Edward Lyons
Turns 23 on this date
Samuel Freeman Miller
Turns 47 on this date
George Troxell Motter
Turns 21 on this date
Robert Smalls
Turns 24 on this date
Booker Taliaferro Washington
Turns 7 on this date
Events
| US/the World | British Government seizes a newly-built schooner under the Foreign Enlistment Act | 04/05/1863 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its third session |
01/12/1863 to 05/01/1863 |