Birthdays
John Minor Botts
Turns 59 on this date
Waldo Porter Johnson
Turns 44 on this date
George Washington Lee
Turns 29 on this date
Samuel Preston Moore
Turns 48 on this date
Samuel Wesley Scrivener
Turns 37 on this date
Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow
Turns 45 on this date
Cornelius Van Cleef
Turns 62 on this date
Elijah Ward
Turns 45 on this date
David Flavell Woods
Turns 24 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Confederate forces evacuate Ship Island, off the coast of Mississippi | 09/16/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Baltimore, federal troops begin a systematic search for arms caches in the city | 09/16/1861 |
| Crime/Disasters | In England, a boiler explosion in an oil cake mill on the River Thames kills all ten men of a repair crew | 09/16/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In New York City, prominent Catholic editor James A. McMaster arrested and his journal suspended | 09/16/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Philadelphia arms itself to resist any Confederate attack on the city | 09/16/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Union naval landing parties retake Chandeleur Island in Louisiana off the mouth of the Mississippi | 09/16/1861 |
Documents
| Letter | Timothy Davis to William H. Seward, September 16, 1861 | 09/16/1861 |