Birthdays
William Henry Allen
Turns 53 on this date
Isaac Newton Brown
Turns 44 on this date
William Bumgardner McGilvray
Turns 34 on this date
Virginia Louisa Minor
Turns 37 on this date
Sidney Perham
Turns 44 on this date
Samuel Buchanan Smith
Turns 55 on this date
Henry Clay Whiting
Turns 16 on this date
Samuel Kosciuszko Zook
Turns 40 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 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Philadelphia Constitutional Unionists support the postponement of the city elections | 03/27/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |