Birthdays

Philip Clayton
Turns 46 on this date

Henry Harrison Gregg
Turns 21 on this date

Robert Daniel Johnston
Turns 24 on this date

Lewis Henry Little
Turns 44 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 |
Business/Industry | Philadelphia banks resume specie payments | 03/19/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Massachusetts Personal Liberty Bill,” March 19, 1861 | 03/19/1861 |