Birthdays

Richard Gassaway Chaney
Turns 33 on this date

Francis Burton Craige
Turns 46 on this date

James Edward English
Turns 45 on this date

Louis Hébert
Turns 37 on this date

John Young Scouller
Turns 41 on this date
Events
Legal/Political | The Senate of the United States is sitting in a ten day special session in Washington, DC |
03/05/1857 to 03/13/1857 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “The New Order of Battle,” March 13, 1857 | 03/13/1857 |
Letter | Thomas Garrett to Samuel Rhoads, March 13, 1857 | 03/13/1857 |