Birthdays

Henry Winslow Abbett
Turns 24 on this date

Montgomery Blair
Turns 50 on this date

John Wilkes Booth
Turns 25 on this date

Joseph Mallalieu
Turns 22 on this date

Alexander Brown Norris
Turns 52 on this date

Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback
Turns 26 on this date

John Sherman
Turns 40 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Future Michigan Congressman wins the Congressional Medal of Honor at Horseshoe Bend in Kentucky | 05/10/1863 |
Personal | General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson dies of his wounds and pneumonia at Guinea Station, Virginia | 05/10/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | Sharp fighting at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on the Cumberland River in Kentucky | 05/10/1863 |