Daily Report

Tuesday, April 16, 1861

Birthdays

John Julian Chisolm, detail

John Julian Chisolm

31 years old today

John Thompson Ford, detail

John Thompson Ford

32 years old today

Edward Johnson, detail

Edward Johnson

45 years old today

Erskine Mason, detail

Erskine Mason

56 years old today

Caleb Blood Smith, detail

Caleb Blood Smith

53 years old today

Orlando Bolivar Wilcox, detail

Orlando Bolivar Wilcox

38 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	Chillicothe (OH) Scioto Gazette, “The War News,” April 16, 1861	04/16/1861
Newspaper	Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Another John Brown Raid,” April 16, 1861	04/16/1861
Newspaper	New York Herald, “The Present Administration Doing What The Last Should Have Done,” April 16, 1861	04/16/1861
Newspaper	Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Border States,” April 16, 1861	04/16/1861
Letter	James Henderson to Abraham Lincoln, April 16, 1861	04/16/1861