Birthdays
John Wesley Awl
Turns 29 on this date
Joseph Jackson Bartlett
Turns 27 on this date
Richard Brooke Garnett
Turns 44 on this date
Events
| US/the World | In southern England, the Confederate commerce raider Nashville docks for repairs in the port of Southampton | 11/21/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Judah P. Benjamin is named as Confederate Secretary of War and Thomas Bragg as Attorney General | 11/21/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “North Carolina Dissatisfied,” November 21, 1861 | 11/21/1861 |