Birthdays

James Armstrong
Turns 69 on this date

Caleb Cushing
Turns 63 on this date

Isaac T. Goodnow
Turns 49 on this date

Philip Johnson
Turns 45 on this date

Henry Elliot Shepherd
Turns 19 on this date

Joseph Culbertson Snively
Turns 27 on this date

James Noble Tyner
Turns 37 on this date
Events
Personal | David Lloyd George, future British wartime prime minister of Britain, is born in Manchester, England | 01/17/1863 |
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
Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Good News From Arkansas,” January 17, 1863 | 01/17/1863 |