Birthdays
William E. Clarke
Turns 32 on this date
James Geddes Craighead
Turns 38 on this date
Robert Lewis Dabney
Turns 41 on this date
Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger
Turns 25 on this date
John Dunovant
Turns 36 on this date
Robert Cooper Grier
Turns 67 on this date
Sylvanus Townsend
Turns 24 on this date
John Wentworth
Turns 46 on this date
Francis West
Turns 51 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Confederate diplomats arrive in Washington DC | 03/05/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington, DC, the United States Senate is sitting in Special Session |
03/04/1861 to 03/28/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Jefferson Davis appoints Pierre G.T. Beauregard commanding general of the troops around Fort Sumter | 03/05/1861 |
| Personal | Outgoing president James Buchanan leaves Washington for his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania | 03/05/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama |
02/09/1861 to 03/15/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The U.S. Senate, sitting in extraordinary session, confirms all of President Lincoln's cabinet choices | 03/05/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The President’s Inaugural,” March 5, 1861 | 03/05/1861 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Reception of the Inaugural,” March 5, 1861 | 03/05/1861 |