Birthdays
Robert Bridges Forten
Turns 48 on this date
Joshua Giddings Newbold
Turns 31 on this date
James Lawrence Orr
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in special session session in Montgomery, Alabama |
04/30/1861 to 05/20/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Severe Measures of the Philadelphia Police,” May 12, 1861 | 05/12/1861 |