Birthdays

John Quincy Adams
Turns 13 on this date

James Henry Carlisle
Turns 36 on this date

Phil Moore Leakin
Turns 31 on this date

John Henry Martin
Turns 27 on this date

Dixon Stansbury Miles
Turns 57 on this date

William Pennington
Turns 65 on this date

John Harmon Phillips
Turns 41 on this date

Joseph Pannell Taylor
Turns 65 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | President Lincoln's twenty day grace period for the rebellion to "disperse" expires | 05/04/1861 |
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 | Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Are They Secessionists?,” May 4, 1861 | 05/04/1861 |