Birthdays

John Penn Brock
Turns 40 on this date

Adele Cutts Douglas
Turns 28 on this date

Hinton Rowan Helper
Turns 34 on this date

James Clay Rice
Turns 35 on this date

C. C. Vaughn
Turns 17 on this date

Thomas Rees Vickroy
Turns 30 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its fourth and final session |
11/18/1863 to 02/21/1864 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The first session of the 38th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 6, 1864 |
12/23/1863 to 01/05/1864 |
Personal | Union officer and Irish Nationalist leader Michael Corcoran is buried in New York City | 12/27/1863 |