President signs appointment of E. M. Stanton as secretary of war. William D. Kelley, Lincoln and Stanton: A Study of the War Administration of 1861 and 1862: with Special Consideration of Some Recent Statements of Gen. George B. McClellan (New York: Putnam, 1885), 17.

Receives written protest from committee representing 14th Brooklyn Regiment against change in number to 84th. N.Y. Tribune, 21 January 1862.

[Pianist and composer Alexander Wolowski performs selections for Mrs. Lincoln at the White House. National Republican (Washington, DC), 22 January 1862, 2:3.]