Civil War Day-By-Day

May 9, 1861

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• C. S. Congress authorized the President to accept all the volunteers that offer.
• First landing of Union troops by steamers at Baltimore.
• The “Winans Steam Gun” captured on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
• A brigade of rebel militia encamped near St. Louis surrendered to the United States forces under Capt. Lyon.

1. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863