Birthdays
Lemuel Jackson Bowden
Turns 48 on this date
Charles Henry Davis
Turns 56 on this date
Henry Wager Halleck
Turns 48 on this date
Robert Roberts Hitt
Turns 29 on this date
Thomas Edwin Massey
Turns 41 on this date
William Alexander Richardson
Turns 52 on this date
James Phillip Sims
Turns 26 on this date
John Palmer Usher
Turns 47 on this date
James David Watters
Turns 29 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its third session |
01/12/1863 to 05/01/1863 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The third session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington DC until early March 1863 |
01/07/1863 to 03/02/1863 |
Documents
| Letter | John T. Cuddy to John H. Cuddy, January 16, 1863 | 01/16/1863 |