Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)
^Ralph Farnham died this morning Aged 104 y, 5 M, 29 D, the last man that faught at the Battle of Bunker Hill^
26 A cold wind I got the Presidents message this morning I spent
the afternoon in the Legislature I officiated as President Protem
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