Birthdays
John Calvin Brown
Turns 37 on this date
George Huntington Browne
Turns 53 on this date
Wilmer Coffman
Turns 24 on this date
John Wesley Frazer
Turns 37 on this date
Joseph Holt
Turns 57 on this date
Charles Jones Jenkins
Turns 59 on this date
Ward Hill Lamon
Turns 36 on this date
Owen Lovejoy
Turns 53 on this date
Charles Sumner
Turns 53 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 returns from a two-week holiday recess | 01/06/1864 |