Civil War Day-By-Day

May 17, 1861

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• C. S. Congress authorized the issue of $50,000,000 8 p. c. 20 years’ bonds.
• Secession spies arrested in Washington.
• Rebels fortify Harper’s Ferry.
• Rebels dispersed at Potosi, Mo.
• Legislature of Kentucky authorized the suspension of specie payments by the banks.

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