Birthdays

Olympia Brown
Turns 23 on this date
Henry Eaton Coleman
Turns 21 on this date

William Preston Johnston
Turns 27 on this date

Augustus Valentine Kautz
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John Doby Kennedy
Turns 18 on this date

Joseph Brevard Kershaw
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George Fiske Round
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Edmund Ruffin
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Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 35th Congress returns from its ten day holiday recess | 01/05/1858 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, "The Slavery Question in Congress," January 5, 1858 | 01/05/1858 |