Skip to main content
Home


  • Main Page
  • Collections
  • People
  • Places
  • Events
  • Major Topics
  • Documents
  • Images
  • Bibliography
  • Users Guide
  • Search
  • Site Navagation
  • About the Project
  • What is Anniversary Edition?
  • Credits
  • Dedication
  • Contact Us
  • Almanacs
    • 1857
    • 1858
    • 1859
    • 1860
    • 1861
    • 1862
    • 1863
    • 1864
    • 1865
    • 1866
    • 1867
  • Teachers Guide
    • Project Index
    • Blog Divided
    • Journal Divided
    • L-D Debates Digital Classroom
    • Digital Lincoln
    • UGRR Digital Classroom
    • Video Channel
    • Texas Farmer's Civil War
  • Login

Daily Report

Previous Day

Saturday, February 23, 1861

Next Day


Birthdays

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Robert Davidson

53 years old today

John Murray Forbes, detail

John Murray Forbes

48 years old today

William Buel Franklin, detail

William Buel Franklin

38 years old today

Jeremy Francis Gilmer, detail

Jeremy Francis Gilmer

43 years old today

Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, detail

Gilbert Moxley Sorrel

23 years old today

Henry Clay Whitney, detail

Henry Clay Whitney

30 years old today

Passmore Williamson, detail

Passmore Williamson

39 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political
Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Personal
Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio 10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862
Personal
Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State 01/01/1857 to 01/31/1865

Documents

Newspaper
(Concord) New Hampshire Statesman, “What Will Lincoln Do?,” February 23, 1861 02/23/1861

  creative commons logo 2007 - 2025

sfy39587stp18