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 |