Birthdays
Rush Elmore
Turns 42 on this date
Richard W. Johnson
Turns 34 on this date
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Turns 54 on this date
James Madison Marvin
Turns 52 on this date
William Pape
Turns 11 on this date
Edward Alfred Pollard
Turns 30 on this date
John Locke Scripps
Turns 43 on this date
John William Clark Watson
Turns 53 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Congress authorizes the first stamped newspaper-wrappers | 02/27/1861 |
| US/the World | In Warsaw, troops fire on a Polish crowd protesting Russian rule and kill five | 02/27/1861 |
| 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 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Washington Peace Conference presents its proposals to the U.S. Congress | 02/27/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Should Mr. Chase Go Into the Cabinet?,” February 27, 1861 | 02/27/1861 |