January 20, 1828
Sarah Grigsby, Lincoln's older sister, dies following childbirth in
southern Indiana.
January 21, 1862
President Lincoln nominates
Noah H. Swayne of Ohio to the U.S. Supreme Court.
January 25, 1863
President Lincoln puts Major General Joseph Hooker in command of the
Army of the Potomac.
Today in Lincoln's Life
Lincoln's Words
"The struggle of today, is not altogether for today -- it is for a
vast future also. With a reliance on Providence, all the more firm and
earnest, let us proceed in the great task which events have devolved
upon us."
--Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861