Birthdays

Asher Brakeley
Turns 30 on this date

Nathan Bedford Forrest
Turns 37 on this date

John G. Frow
Turns 24 on this date

James Alexander Seddon
Turns 43 on this date

James Iredell Waddell
Turns 34 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Crime/Disasters | Mining disaster in Pennsylvania | 07/13/1858 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, "Senator Douglas at Chicago," July 13, 1858 | 07/13/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |