Birthdays
William Boyd Allison
Turns 32 on this date
William Thomas Carroll
Turns 59 on this date
Jefferson Columbus Davis
Turns 33 on this date
Sidney George Fisher
Turns 52 on this date
Samuel Houston
Turns 68 on this date
Abram Lycurgus Line
Turns 20 on this date
Bernard Harrison Nadal
Turns 48 on this date
Carl Schurz
Turns 32 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | President Buchanan signs the Nevada Territory into existence | 03/02/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Texas seizes the United States Revenue cutter Henry Dodge in Galveston | 03/02/1861 |
| 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 | United States copyright law for photographs passes | 03/02/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Mr. Lincoln at Washington,” March 2, 1861 | 03/02/1861 |