Birthdays
William Cannon
Turns 52 on this date
Thomas Ward Custer
Turns 16 on this date
Robert Carlos De Large
Turns 19 on this date
James Henry Hackett
Turns 61 on this date
Jeremy Clarke Hagey
Turns 26 on this date
John Edwin Reagan
Turns 7 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 | Secretary of State Seward refuses to recognize the Confederate diplomats sent to Washington DC | 03/15/1861 |
| 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, "Fort Sumter," March 15, 1861 | 03/15/1861 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Hon. David Wilmot United States Senator,” March 15, 1861 | 03/15/1861 |