Birthdays
Talbot Wilson Chambers
Turns 42 on this date
Robert Hall Chilton
Turns 46 on this date
Clement Anselm Evans
Turns 28 on this date
Reuben Ashford Finnell
Turns 35 on this date
Quincy Adams Gillmore
Turns 36 on this date
Benjamin Peffer Lamberton
Turns 17 on this date
Samuel Medary
Turns 60 on this date
Granville Ross Rider
Turns 31 on this date
David Tod
Turns 56 on this date
Events
| US/the World | French and Spanish forces relieve the blockade of Saigon in Cochin-China | 02/25/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama |
02/09/1861 to 03/15/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Washington Peace Conference is meeting at Willard's Hotel in Washington DC |
02/04/1861 to 02/27/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Mayor Wood Lectures Lincoln,” February 25, 1861 | 02/25/1861 |