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 |