Page 8: Historical Events In 1861

May 29   Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army   

May 31   Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907)   

May 31   Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line   

May 31   General Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line.   

May 31   Mint at New Orleans closes.   

Jun 01   1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va.   

Jun 01   John Q Marr, US Confederate captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse, the inaugural Confederate death of the war.   

Jun 01   The inaugural skirmish in the Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va.   

Jun 01   US and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange   

Jun 03   1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV   

Jun 03   inaugural Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV   

Jun 03   Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates), dies.   

Jun 05   Federal marshals seize arms and gunpower at Du Pont works DE.   

Jun 05   John Garland, US Union colonel/brig-general, dies in battle.   

Jun 06   Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59.   

Jun 06   Lincoln's cabinet declares Union govt will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers   

Jun 08   People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union   

Jun 08   Tennessee secedes from the Union and joins the Confederacy   

Jun 09   Floris H Verster, [van Wulverhorst], painter/cartoonist/etcher   

Jun 10   Battle of Big Bethel VA (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats.   

Jun 10   Josephus T J Cuypers, Dutch architect (St Bavo, Haarlem)   

Jun 11   Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer.   

Jun 12   Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state.   

Jun 14   Harpers Ferry evacuated by rebels in face of McClellan's advance.   

Jun 15   Johnston evacuates Harpers Ferry   

Jun 16   Battle of Vienna, VA and Secessionville, SC (James Island).   

Jun 16   Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian   

Jun 17   Battle of Boonville, MI-Brig General Lyon defeats Confederate forces   

Jun 17   Sidney James Jones, composer   

Jun 18   Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores).   

Jun 19   Anaheim Post Office established   

Jun 19   Douglas Haig, British field marshal is born   

Jun 19   Douglas Haig, British fieldmarshal (Sudan, WW I).   

Jun 20   Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer.   

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Jan 02   Helen herron taft: 1st lady (1909-12)   

Jan 03   William renshaw: British champion tennis player   

Jan 06   Heinrich gottlieb noren: Composer   

Jan 06   George exton lloyd: Anglican bishop and theologian    

Jan 13   Max nonne: German neurologist    

Jan 14   Wilhelm von polenz: German writer (der pfarrer von breitendorf)   

Jan 18   Hans goldschmidt: German chemist   

Jan 18   Raymond huntington woodman: Composer   

Jan 02   Frederik willem iv: King prussia (1840-61)/germ (1849-61),    

Jan 17   Lola montez: Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)   

Jan 31   Franciscus j van vree: Dutch catholic foreman,    

Feb 10   Francis danby: Exmouth, painter,    

Feb 12   Hippolyte-andre-baptiste chelard: Composer,   

Feb 18   Louis c luzac: Dutch minister of internal affairs,    

Mar 10   Josepf francois snel: Composer,    

Mar 14   Abraham louis niedermeyer: Composer,