Birthdays

James Hervey Barton
Turns 29 on this date

Richard Ridgely Battee
Turns 41 on this date

David Benjamin Herman
Turns 19 on this date

John James Ingalls
Turns 30 on this date

Andrew Johnson
Turns 55 on this date

Mark Perrin Lowrey
Turns 35 on this date

Albert Pike
Turns 54 on this date

Eli Saulsbury
Turns 46 on this date
Events
Science/Technology | In Egypt, the 130 mile fresh water canal from the Nile to the diggings of the Suez Canal is completed | 12/29/1863 |
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 |