Birthdays
Kinsley Scott Bingham
Turns 49 on this date
John Snyder Carlile
Turns 40 on this date
Alfred Creigh
Turns 47 on this date
John Ewen
Turns 49 on this date
Samuel Garland Jr.
Turns 27 on this date
Robert Selden Garnett
Turns 38 on this date
Henry Heth
Turns 32 on this date
Myer Strouse
Turns 32 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC during December, 1857 before its holiday recess |
12/08/1857 to 12/22/1857 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Shocking Murder by a Female Slave,” December 16, 1857 | 12/16/1857 |