Birthdays
William Willis Blackford
Turns 30 on this date
Don Carlos Buell
Turns 43 on this date
Schuyler Colfax
Turns 38 on this date
Thomas Miller Griffith
Turns 27 on this date
Edward Lloyd Thomas
Turns 36 on this date
George Henry Williams
Turns 38 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | In London, Oxford wins the eighteenth annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race | 03/23/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington, DC, the United States Senate is sitting in Special Session |
03/04/1861 to 03/28/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “A Not Very Civil War,” March 23, 1861 | 03/23/1861 |