Birthdays

Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry
Turns 36 on this date

Marcellus Ephraim Jones
Turns 31 on this date

James Knox
Turns 54 on this date

Beverly Holcombe Robertson
Turns 34 on this date

Marcus Joseph Wright
Turns 30 on this date
Events
Education/Culture | In London, the Prince Consort opens the new gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society in South Kensington | 06/05/1861 |
Battles/Soldiers | John Cuddy enlists with the 36th Pennsylvania Infantry | 06/05/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Raleigh (NC) Register, “Signs of Distress,” June 5, 1861 | 06/05/1861 |
Newspaper | San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “The Lack of “Improved” Firearms in the South,” June 5, 1861 | 06/05/1861 |