Civil War Day-By-Day

May 5, 1861

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Gen. Butler, with a Union force, took possession of the Relay House, near Baltimore.
• The 20 days of grace allowed by the President’s proclamation expired.

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