Birthdays

Cullen Andrews Battle
Turns 30 on this date

Anna Harrison Chase
Turns 14 on this date

David Eyster
Turns 57 on this date

John Buchanan Floyd
Turns 53 on this date

John Marshall Harlan
Turns 26 on this date

Clinton Lloyd
Turns 31 on this date

John Hunt Morgan
Turns 34 on this date

Michael O'Laughlen
Turns 19 on this date
Events
Personal | Eustace Conway, first son of Moncure Conway, is born in Cincinnati, Ohio | 06/01/1859 |
Crime/Disasters | In Kansas, a severe drought that will become the "Great Drought of 1860" starts to set in | 06/01/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Misplaced Zeal,” June 1, 1859 | 06/01/1859 |