Birthdays
Joseph Bailey
Turns 51 on this date
George Washington Bethune
Turns 56 on this date
William Robertson Boggs
Turns 32 on this date
Francis Fessenden
Turns 22 on this date
Francis Lieber
Turns 63 on this date
Lewis Linn McArthur
Turns 18 on this date
James Elijah Pilcher
Turns 4 on this date
John Pope
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In Florida, Confederate authorities ban the locals from resupplying Fort Pickens and the U.S. Navy | 03/18/1861 |
| US/the World | In New Zealand, the First Waranaki War between settlers and the native Maori ends | 03/18/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington, DC, the United States Senate is sitting in Special Session |
03/04/1861 to 03/28/1861 |
| US/the World | Santo Domingo, after seventeen years of independence, reverts to Spanish colonial rule | 03/18/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Arkansas," March 18, 1861 | 03/18/1861 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “About Fort Sumpter [Sumter],” March 18, 1861 | 03/18/1861 |
| Letter | Thomas Bayne to William Still, March 18, 1861 | 03/18/1861 |