Birthdays

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
Turns 47 on this date

William Leonard Helfenstein
Turns 59 on this date

Henry Washington Hilliard
Turns 56 on this date

George Proctor Kane
Turns 47 on this date

Abraham J. Labagh
Turns 59 on this date

William H. Mathews
Turns 15 on this date

Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton
Turns 41 on this date

Robert Purvis
Turns 54 on this date

Charles Roome
Turns 52 on this date
Events
US/the World | In South America, Brazil delivers Uruguay an ultimatum over the security of its southern border | 08/04/1864 |
Documents
Diary | Entry by Edward Bates, August 4, 1864 | 08/04/1864 |