Birthdays

Jonathan E. Bulkeley
Turns 34 on this date

William Crutchfield
Turns 33 on this date

Charles Smith Hamilton
Turns 35 on this date

Castner Hanway
Turns 36 on this date

John Brooks Henderson
Turns 31 on this date

Michael Kelly Lawler
Turns 43 on this date

Manton Marble
Turns 22 on this date

Francis Benjamin Sellers
Turns 16 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | At the siege of Lucknow, William Hall becomes the first black man to win the Victoria Cross | 11/16/1857 |
Documents
Letter | Samuel Pattison to L. W. Thompson, November 16, 1857 | 11/16/1857 |