Birthdays
Jacob Beeson Blair
Turns 40 on this date
Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth
Turns 24 on this date
Edward Everett
Turns 67 on this date
Ralph Pierce
Turns 34 on this date
John S. Stamm
Turns 23 on this date
Nathan Grier White
Turns 51 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Federal troops evacuated from Texas arrive in New York Harbor | 04/11/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | General Beauregard demands that Major Anderson surrender Fort Sumter immediately | 04/11/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Washington, DC, the District of Columbia militia called out and sworn in for three months | 04/11/1861 |
| Business/Industry | The Bank of England drops its discount rate for the third time in three weeks to five percent | 04/11/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Alarming News," April 11, 1861 | 04/11/1861 |