In Kokomo, Indiana, a criminal had shot and killed two citizens during a robbery a few days before.  In the evening, a crowd gathered at the jail and, after listening respectfully to the pleas of officials to desist, took the accused from his cell, heard his confession, afforded him a clergyman, and then, at around ten thirty, hanged him before a large crowd from a gallows erected in the town square.  His body was left overnight and then given a decent burial. An observer described the mob as the most civil he had ever seen, like churchgoers on a Sunday. (By John Osborne)

The much discussed National Ship Canal Convention assembled with five thousand delegates in a huge tent structure in Lake Park on the shore of Lake Michigan.  Resolutions called for the immediate improvement of canals in Illinois and New York to facilitate ship traffic around the Great Lakes and the Mississippi for both commercial and military purposes.  The idea was not universally popular.  Opposition in Congress and from interests in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and parts of the MidWest meant much discussion over the next months but little accomplishment.  (By John Osborne) 

A massive Unionist meeting was held at Mount Vernon in Knox County, Ohio, in the center of the state.  With General Columbus Delano presiding, an afternoon crowd of 20,000 heard from Governor David Tod, John Sherman, Samuel Galloway, and others, with the speeches especially aimed at showing that, in the wake of the recent Vallandigham controversy, Ohio was overwhelmingly loyal to the Union.  (By John Osborne) 

The local press announced that the Provost-Marshal's office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin would be relocated to Racine.  Outbreaks of resistance to the activities of draft registration officers in the city and "fears for the safety of the office and its contents" was given as the reason for the movement.  (by John Osborne) 

The Confederate warship Atlanta intended to sortie from Savannah, Georgia for an attack on the Union's blockading fleet.  The U.S.S. Weehawken, under Captain John Rodgers, was detailed to meet her in the Ossabaw Sound.  In the dawn hours, the vessels were engaged with the Weehawken opening fire at 5:15 a.m. Almost immediately, the C.S.S. Atlanta ran aground, was hit several times, and surrendered fifteen minutes later. She was later towed off and on February 2, 1864 was commissioned as the U.S.S. Atlanta. (By John Osborne)

The Ohio Democratic Party met at their state convention in Columbus, Ohio and nominated the banished Clement Vallandigham as their candidate for governor in the November election.  The gathering also nominated George Ellis Pugh, who represented Vallandigham at his court martial the month before.  Resolutions were also passed in strong condemnation of Lincoln Administration actions, while at the same time professing the deep loyalty to the Union of Ohio Democrats.  Vallandigham lost the fall election to Republican John Brough.  (By John Osborne)