Birthdays

Arthur Pendleton Bagby
Turns 28 on this date

Joseph Conrad
Turns 33 on this date

Charles Henry Kalbfus
Turns 27 on this date

Joseph Warren Revere
Turns 49 on this date

Bayard Wilkeson
Turns 17 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 |
Religion/Philosophy | The Presbyterian General Assembly is meeting in Philadelphia and its decisions will split the Church |
05/16/1861 to 06/01/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “New European Views of the South,” May 17, 1861 | 05/17/1861 |
Newspaper | Savannah (GA) News, “The Civil War in Missouri,” May 17, 1861 | 05/17/1861 |