Daily Report

Birthdays

Clement Alexander Finley, detail
Clement Alexander Finley
1797—1879
Turns 64 on this date
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Burton Chauncey Cook, detail
Burton Chauncey Cook
1819—1894
Turns 42 on this date
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Thomas Morris Chester, detail
Thomas Morris Chester
1834—1892
Turns 27 on this date
Byron Mac Cutcheon, detail
Byron Mac Cutcheon
1836—1908
Turns 25 on this date
Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available
Robert Smith Grier
1790—1865
Turns 71 on this date

Events

Lawmaking/Litigating The Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in special session session in Montgomery, Alabama 04/30/1861—05/20/1861
Battles/Soldiers Violence continues on the streets of St. Louis as pro-Union militia battle with pro-Confederate mobs 05/11/1861

Documents
Newspaper Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Feat of the Zouaves,” May 11, 1861 05/11/1861