Birthdays

Henry Winslow Abbett
Turns 22 on this date

Montgomery Blair
Turns 48 on this date

John Wilkes Booth
Turns 23 on this date

Joseph Mallalieu
Turns 20 on this date

Alexander Brown Norris
Turns 50 on this date

James Louis Petigru
Turns 72 on this date

Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback
Turns 24 on this date

John Sherman
Turns 38 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | In Missouri, Federal forces arrest 639 pro-secession St Louis militiamen and face city mobs in response | 05/10/1861 |
Battles/Soldiers | Robert E. Lee appointed commander of all Confederate troops in Virginia | 05/10/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in special session session in Montgomery, Alabama |
04/30/1861 to 05/20/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | Vermont repeals its Personal Liberty Law | 05/10/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Not a War against the South,” May 10, 1861 | 05/10/1861 |