Birthdays
John Buford
Turns 35 on this date
John Randolph Chambliss Sr.
Turns 52 on this date
Elisha Franklin Paxton
Turns 33 on this date
Edwards Pierrepont
Turns 44 on this date
Raymond Montague Stevenson
Turns 21 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Abraham Lincoln takes the oath as the sixteenth President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol | 03/04/1861 |
| Education/Culture | Edward Payson Weston, having walked from Boston, arrives in Washington DC four hours late | 03/04/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Hannibal Hamlin takes the oath as fifteenth Vice President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol | 03/04/1861 |
| Education/Culture | In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, two Dickinson College students punished for gun play on campus | 03/04/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington, DC, the United States Senate is sitting in Special Session |
03/04/1861 to 03/28/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Confederate States flag, "the Stars and Bars," is adopted in Montgomery, Alabama | 03/04/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama |
02/09/1861 to 03/15/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
| Speech | Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861, Washington, DC | 03/04/1861 |
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "4th of March," March 4, 1861 | 03/04/1861 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “The Plot Against Mr. Lincoln’s Life,” March 4, 1861 | 03/04/1861 |