Birthdays

Reverdy Johnson
Turns 65 on this date

Dabney Herndon Maury
Turns 39 on this date

Andrew Parker
Turns 56 on this date

Mosby Monroe Parsons
Turns 39 on this date

Mary Virginia Wade
Turns 18 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Montgomery, Alabama, the special session session of the Confederate States Congress ends | 05/21/1861 |
Religion/Philosophy | The Presbyterian General Assembly is meeting in Philadelphia and its decisions will split the Church |
05/16/1861 to 06/01/1861 |
Battles/Soldiers | Union soldiers publish their own newspaper in the field | 05/21/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “What Is Meant By ‘Armed Neutrality,’” May 21, 1861 | 05/21/1861 |