Birthdays
Ethelbert Barksdale
Turns 41 on this date
Gustavus Claggett Bird
Turns 26 on this date
Benjamin Franklin Harding
Turns 42 on this date
Levi M. Haverstick
Turns 23 on this date
Martin Bates Hillyard
Turns 25 on this date
Charles Edward Maglaughlin
Turns 26 on this date
Daniel Morris
Turns 53 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Lansing, the newly elected Michigan legislature gathers to inaugurate the new Republican governor | 01/04/1865 |
| Personal | In Philadelphia, former U. S. Vice-President George M. Dallas is buried at St. Peter's Episcopal Church | 01/04/1865 |
| Legal/Political | The second session of the 38th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 6, 1865 |
12/23/1864 to 01/05/1865 |