Birthdays

Martin Witherspoon Gary
Turns 30 on this date

Albion Parris Howe
Turns 43 on this date

Clarence Gearhart Jackson
Turns 19 on this date

William Thompson Martin
Turns 38 on this date

Patrick Henry O'Rorke
Turns 24 on this date

Anna Maria Ross
Turns 48 on this date

Albert H. Slape
Turns 25 on this date

John Farson Starr
Turns 43 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 | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Spirit of Washington Letters,” March 25, 1861 | 03/25/1861 |