Birthdays

Richard Gassaway Chaney
Turns 37 on this date

Francis Burton Craige
Turns 50 on this date

James Edward English
Turns 49 on this date

Louis Hébert
Turns 41 on this date

John Young Scouller
Turns 45 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington, DC, the United States Senate is sitting in Special Session |
03/04/1861 to 03/28/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama |
02/09/1861 to 03/15/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Proposed Evacuation of Fort Sumter,” March 13, 1861 | 03/13/1861 |