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 |