Birthdays
Charles John Biddle
Turns 42 on this date
Theodore Myers Carson
Turns 27 on this date
John Kenney
Turns 31 on this date
William Maclay Lyon
Turns 52 on this date
Andrew Jackson Wilcox
Turns 26 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in special session session in Montgomery, Alabama |
04/30/1861 to 05/20/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Time Not Expired,” April 30, 1861 | 04/30/1861 |
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Brave Words from Brownlow,” April 30, 1861 | 04/30/1861 |