Birthdays

James Cooper
Turns 51 on this date

Augusta Jane Evans
Turns 26 on this date

Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Turns 32 on this date

William Henry Stewart
Turns 43 on this date

Bryan Morel Thomas
Turns 25 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 | Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Horace Greeley,” May 8, 1861 | 05/08/1861 |