Birthdays
Andrew Gregg Curtin
Turns 44 on this date
John Calhoun Gilmore
Turns 39 on this date
Godlove Stein Orth
Turns 44 on this date
Charles Morgan Pearre
Turns 23 on this date
Lewis Thornton Powell
Turns 17 on this date
William Charles Ford Reed
Turns 30 on this date
Cadwallader Colden Washburn
Turns 43 on this date
Charles Henry Winfield
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Kansas, Leavenworth's ordinance against hogs running wild in the streets comes into effect | 04/22/1861 |
| Campaigns/Elections | In Knoxville, editor "Parson" Brownlow famously rejects invitation to enlist in Confederate army | 04/22/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Philadelphia, the empty Girard House Hotel becomes a giant army uniform factory | 04/22/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Pennsylvania suffers its first war fatality when a Philadelphia militiaman hurt in the Baltimore Riot dies | 04/22/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Philadelphia's enlistments since the attack on Fort Sumter approach ten thousand | 04/22/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Reorganization,” April 22, 1861 | 04/22/1861 |
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Cannot Be Accepted,” April 22, 1861 | 04/22/1861 |
| Letter | William Seward to Thomas Hicks, April 22, 1861 | 04/22/1861 |
| Letter | William Willey to Waitman Willey, April 22, 1861 | 04/22/1861 |