Birthdays

James Willis Patterson
Turns 35 on this date

George Rogers Clark Todd
Turns 33 on this date

Robert Augustus Toombs
Turns 48 on this date

John Morrison Underwood
Turns 28 on this date

John Bordenave Villepigue
Turns 28 on this date
Events
Foreign | In Mexico, conservative and liberal forces fight an inconclusive but bloody battle at Atenquique in the western state of Jalisco | 07/02/1858 |
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Hot Weather," July 2, 1858 | 07/02/1858 |
Newspaper | New York Times, "The American Gold Fields," July 2, 1858 | 07/02/1858 |