Civil War Day-by-Day

April 30, 1861

• New York Yacht Club offers its vessels to the Federal government

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Legislature of New Jersey convened in extra session; the Governor recommended the appropriation of $2,000,000 for war purposes.
• Virginia State Convention passed an ordinance establishing the navy of Virginia and authorizing the banks to issue one and two dollar notes.

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