Birthdays
Silas Benson Best
Turns 25 on this date
André Cailloux
Turns 36 on this date
Benjamin Davenport Chenoweth
Turns 37 on this date
Matthew Duncan Ector
Turns 39 on this date
Henry Stuart Foote
Turns 57 on this date
William Henry Miller
Turns 32 on this date
William Henry Miller
Turns 32 on this date
John Creed Moore
Turns 37 on this date
David Trotter Patterson
Turns 43 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | First Confederate government bond authorized | 02/28/1861 |
| Education/Culture | In Manhattan, the Homeopathic Medical College of the State of New York graduates its first class | 02/28/1861 |
| Campaigns/Elections | North Carolina votes narrowly not to hold a secession convention | 02/28/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | President Buchanan signs the Colorado Territory into existence | 02/28/1861 |
| 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 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Lincoln’s Flight to Washington,” February 28, 1861 | 02/28/1861 |