Birthdays
Hamilton Fish
Turns 53 on this date
Graceanna Lewis
Turns 40 on this date
Francis Sutton Livingston
Turns 23 on this date
Benjamin Addison Massey
Turns 42 on this date
John Eugene Smith
Turns 45 on this date
Patrick Henry Taylor
Turns 23 on this date
Frederic Winthrop
Turns 22 on this date
Events
| 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 | Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Kansas and the War,” August 3, 1861 | 08/03/1861 |