Birthdays

William E. Clarke
Turns 30 on this date

James Geddes Craighead
Turns 36 on this date

Robert Lewis Dabney
Turns 39 on this date

Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger
Turns 23 on this date

John Dunovant
Turns 34 on this date

Robert Cooper Grier
Turns 65 on this date

Sylvanus Townsend
Turns 22 on this date

John Wentworth
Turns 44 on this date

Francis West
Turns 49 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Senate of the United States is sitting in a week long special session in Washington, DC |
03/05/1859 to 03/09/1859 |
Foreign | The Swiss Federal Council says Switzerland will defend itself and its neutrality, by force if need be | 03/05/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Manumission of a Whole Drove of Slaves,” March 5, 1859 | 03/05/1859 |
Newspaper | Ripley (OH) Bee, “Our Utah Army,” March 5, 1859 | 03/05/1859 |