Birthdays
Thomas Morris Chester
Turns 29 on this date
Burton Chauncey Cook
Turns 44 on this date
Byron Mac Cutcheon
Turns 27 on this date
Clement Alexander Finley
Turns 66 on this date
Robert Smith Grier
Turns 73 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Congressman Clement Vallandigham denied a writ of "Habeas Corpus" in a Cincinnati court | 05/11/1863 |
| Crime/Disasters | Three thousand pounds of gunpowder explodes at a cartridge factory on New York City's East River | 05/11/1863 |