Birthdays

John Cessna
Turns 40 on this date

Daniel Mountjoy Cloud
Turns 24 on this date

John Bell Hood
Turns 30 on this date

Alexander Parker Lyon
Turns 32 on this date

James Croxall Palmer
Turns 50 on this date

William Ransom Johnson Pegram
Turns 20 on this date
Events
Education/Culture | Famous British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning dies in Italy after a lingering illness | 06/29/1861 |
Battles/Soldiers | On Chesapeake Bay, a bold stroke captures a Baltimore ferry and turns it into a Confederate privateer |
06/28/1861 to 06/29/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “One of Floyd’s Performances,” June 29, 1861 | 06/29/1861 |
Letter | Worthington G. Snethen to Winfield Scott, June 29, 1861 | 06/29/1861 |