Birthdays

William Gay Brown Sr.
Turns 61 on this date

Frances Adeline Seward
Turns 56 on this date

Thomas Coke Sharp
Turns 43 on this date

Adolf Wilhelm August Friedrich Steinwehr
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John Renshaw Thomson
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William Carlisle Wilson
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Thomas John Wood
Turns 38 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | U.S. Navy Secretary Gideon Welles authorizes the enlistment of runaway slaves into the naval service | 09/25/1861 |