Birthdays
John DeWitt Atkins
Turns 36 on this date
Alexander William Campbell
Turns 33 on this date
Phillipe Regis Denis De Trobriand
Turns 45 on this date
Columbus Delano
Turns 52 on this date
Wendell Phillips Garrison
Turns 21 on this date
Gabriel James Rains
Turns 58 on this date
Paul Jones Semmes
Turns 46 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Thirty-five people drown when Canadian mail steamer strikes ice and sinks off the coast of Labrador | 06/04/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Virginia Playing the Foot,” June 4, 1861 | 06/04/1861 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “The Habeas Corpus Case,” June 4, 1861 | 06/04/1861 |