Birthdays
Ephraim G. Alburtis
Turns 44 on this date
Charles James Faulkner
Turns 55 on this date
Justus A. McKinstry
Turns 47 on this date
Edmund Winston Pettus
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Confederate privateer encounters the loaded Boston schooner "Enchantress" and takes her as a prize | 07/06/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 37th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early July, 1861 till early August, 1861 |
07/05/1861 to 08/05/1861 |
| Science/Technology | The Great Comet of 1861 visible to the naked eye over North America and Europe |
06/30/1861 to 08/15/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | (Concord) New Hampshire Statesman, “Andrew Johnson,” July 6, 1861 | 07/06/1861 |