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 |