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 |