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
Turns 39 on this date
John Renshaw Thomson
Turns 61 on this date
William Carlisle Wilson
Turns 32 on this date
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 |