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 |