Birthdays
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
Turns 41 on this date
George Ticknor Curtis
Turns 49 on this date
Henry Clay Dallam
Turns 33 on this date
Benjamin Drew
Turns 49 on this date
Charles A. Ebert
Turns 26 on this date
Bryan Grimes Jr.
Turns 33 on this date
James Alfred Inness
Turns 41 on this date
Philip Myers
Turns 31 on this date
George Ellis Pugh
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, the Confederate Congress votes to admit Missouri as the Confederacy's eleventh state | 11/28/1861 |
| Science/Technology | In South Carolina, an underwater telegraph cable in Charleston Harbor links Forts Moultrie and Sumter | 11/28/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Wheeling, the elected West Virginia convention is meeting to write a constitution for the new state |
11/26/1861 to 02/18/1862 |