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Birthdays

William Cannon

1809-03-15 - 1865-03-01

Thomas Ward Custer

1845-03-15 - 1876-06-26

Robert Carlos De Large

1842-03-15 - 1874-02-14

James Henry Hackett

1800-03-15 - 1871-12-28

Jeremy Clarke Hagey

1835-03-15 - 1888-09-28

John Henry Kagi

1835-03-15 - 1859-10-17

John Edwin Reagan

1854-03-15 - 1938-10-08

David Ruggles

1810-03-15 - 1849-12-26

Aaron Dwight Stevens

1831-03-15 - 1860-03-16

Harriet Tubman

1822-03-15 - 1913-03-11

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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

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Documents

Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Tribune, "Fort Sumter," March 15, 1861	03/15/1861
Newspaper	New York Times, “Hon. David Wilmot United States Senator,” March 15, 1861	03/15/1861