Daily Report

Birthdays

Solomon Nunes Carvalho, detail
Solomon Nunes Carvalho
1815—1897
Turns 46 on this date
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Ulysses Simpson Grant, detail
Ulysses Simpson Grant
1822—1885
Turns 39 on this date
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse, circa 1840, detail
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
1791—1872
Turns 70 on this date
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Edmund Storer Janes, circa 1865, detail
Edmund Storer Janes
1807—1876
Turns 54 on this date
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Events

Lawmaking/Litigating The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond 02/13/1861—05/01/1861
Battles/Soldiers Three new federal army departments are formed 04/27/1861
Crime/Disasters In Kansas, a destructive fire causes heavy damage to a block in Leavenworth's business district 04/27/1861

Documents
Diary Entry by George Templeton Strong, April 27, 1861 04/27/1861
Letter C. P. Kirkland, Jr.’s Letter, April 27-28, 1861 04/27/1861—04/28/1861
Newspaper Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Gen. Scott,” April 27, 1861 04/27/1861
Newspaper Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Secession Wounded in Missouri,” April 27, 1861 04/27/1861