Birthdays

John Buford
Turns 34 on this date

John Randolph Chambliss Sr.
Turns 51 on this date

Elisha Franklin Paxton
Turns 32 on this date

Edwards Pierrepont
Turns 43 on this date

Raymond Montague Stevenson
Turns 20 on this date
Events
Personal | Abraham Lincoln visits his son at Phillips Academy in New Hampshire | 03/04/1860 |
US/the World | British governor of New Zealand declares martial law in dispute with native Maori | 03/04/1860 |
Foreign | In Mexico, Benito Juarez turns down a British proposed six month truce in the country | 03/04/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, March 4, 1860 | 03/04/1860 |
Newspaper | New York Herald, “Northern White Slaves and Southern Black Ones,” March 4, 1860 | 03/04/1860 |