Birthdays
Alexander Thomas Augusta
Turns 36 on this date
Grafton Marsh Bosley
Turns 36 on this date
Matthew Calbraith Butler
Turns 25 on this date
Simon Cameron
Turns 62 on this date
William Emory Deal
Turns 21 on this date
John Henry Grabill
Turns 22 on this date
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Turns 20 on this date
David Smith Terry
Turns 38 on this date
Frank Wilkeson
Turns 13 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | A coal mining explosion in the Rhondda Valley of South Wales kills fourteen and injures others | 03/08/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington, DC, the United States Senate is sitting in Special Session |
03/04/1861 to 03/28/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 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 | Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Premonitions of a Storm,” March 8, 1861 | 03/08/1861 |
| Letter | Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck to Abraham Lincoln, March 8, 1861 | 03/08/1861 |