Birthdays
Charles Augustus Eldredge
Turns 41 on this date
Angelina Emily Grimké
Turns 56 on this date
John Loren Heysinger
Turns 32 on this date
Elijah Barrett Prettyman
Turns 31 on this date
Henry Hastings Sibley
Turns 50 on this date
Henry Stanbery
Turns 58 on this date
John Ellis Wool
Turns 77 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Abraham Lincoln spends the day in New York City, addresses the City Council, and goes to the Opera | 02/20/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama |
02/09/1861 to 03/15/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Washington Peace Conference is meeting at Willard's Hotel in Washington DC |
02/04/1861 to 02/27/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Bad For Virginia,” February 20, 1861 | 02/20/1861 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Southern Streets and Northern Names,” February 20, 1861 | 02/20/1861 |