Birthdays
James Armstrong
Turns 70 on this date
Caleb Cushing
Turns 64 on this date
Isaac T. Goodnow
Turns 50 on this date
Philip Johnson
Turns 46 on this date
Henry Elliot Shepherd
Turns 20 on this date
Joseph Culbertson Snively
Turns 28 on this date
James Noble Tyner
Turns 38 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In central Pennsylvania, the train carrying Stephen Foster's remains home to Pittsburgh derails | 01/17/1864 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its fourth and final session |
11/18/1863 to 02/21/1864 |
| Legal/Political | The first session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early July, 1864 |
01/07/1864 to 07/03/1864 |