Birthdays
James Sproat Brown
Turns 37 on this date
William Henry Butler
Turns 41 on this date
William Bowen Campbell
Turns 54 on this date
William Oliver Cornman
Turns 20 on this date
Frederick Douglass
Turns 43 on this date
John Rice Eden
Turns 35 on this date
George Franklin Edmunds
Turns 33 on this date
Warren Holden
Turns 44 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Dependents of the federal forces at Fort Sumter transfer to a waiting steamship for evacuation | 02/01/1861 |
| Crime/Disasters | Several breaches in the dikes begin the deadly inundation of large areas of central Holland | 02/01/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Texas secedes from the Union | 02/01/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Yoke of Oppression,” February 1, 1861 | 02/01/1861 |