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 |