Birthdays

John Holmes Agnew
Turns 57 on this date

Isabelle Boyd
Turns 18 on this date

William Rufus Creery
Turns 37 on this date

William George Mackey Davis
Turns 49 on this date

William Hays
Turns 42 on this date

Harriet Lane Johnston
Turns 31 on this date

William Edmondson Jones
Turns 37 on this date

Edwin H. Nevin
Turns 47 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 | Boston (MA) Advertiser, “Not Quite a Unit,” May 9, 1861 | 05/09/1861 |
Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Unfounded Complaints,” May 9, 1861 | 05/09/1861 |