Birthdays

John Francis Bird
Turns 45 on this date

John Bratton
Turns 30 on this date

David Bachman Brunner
Turns 26 on this date

George William Caruth
Turns 19 on this date

Norton Parter Chipman
Turns 27 on this date

Henry DeLamar Clayton
Turns 34 on this date

Alexander Laws Hays
Turns 68 on this date

Abraham Herr Smith
Turns 46 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington, DC, the United States Senate is sitting in Special Session |
03/04/1861 to 03/28/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama |
02/09/1861 to 03/15/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "The Inaugural Address," March 7, 1861 | 03/07/1861 |
Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Hon. John A. Gilmer,” March 7, 1861 | 03/07/1861 |