Birthdays

James Buchanan
Turns 70 on this date

Charles Wesley Carrigan
Turns 34 on this date

Stephen Arnold Douglas
Turns 48 on this date

Isaiah Willis McCord
Turns 41 on this date

Bradford Oliver McIntire
Turns 5 on this date

Amos Myers
Turns 37 on this date

George Cassety Pendleton
Turns 16 on this date

William Capers Round
Turns 19 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Tribune, “We Don’t Believe It!,” April 23, 1861 | 04/23/1861 |
Letter | David D. Field to Abraham Lincoln, April 23, 1861 | 04/23/1861 |