Birthdays

Thomas Morris Chester
Turns 27 on this date

Burton Chauncey Cook
Turns 42 on this date

Byron Mac Cutcheon
Turns 25 on this date

Clement Alexander Finley
Turns 64 on this date

Robert Smith Grier
Turns 71 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 |
Battles/Soldiers | Violence continues on the streets of St. Louis as pro-Union militia battle with pro-Confederate mobs | 05/11/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Feat of the Zouaves,” May 11, 1861 | 05/11/1861 |