Birthdays

James Osgood Andrew
Turns 67 on this date

Jean Margaret Davenport Lander
Turns 32 on this date

George Hawkins McCabe
Turns 37 on this date

Wilmer McLean
Turns 47 on this date

Montgomery Cunningham Meigs
Turns 45 on this date

Lot Myrick Morrill
Turns 48 on this date

Rufus Paine Spalding
Turns 63 on this date

William Van Bergen Tudor
Turns 29 on this date

David Shelby Walker
Turns 46 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 |
Documents
Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Peril of Kentucky,” May 3, 1861 | 05/03/1861 |
Newspaper | Greensboro (NC) Patriot, "Lincoln Men!," May 3, 1861 | 05/03/1861 |