Birthdays

Thomas Kempis Bull
Turns 48 on this date

Darius Nash Couch
Turns 36 on this date

William Wood Gerhard
Turns 49 on this date

James Willis Nesmith
Turns 38 on this date

Gabriel Colvin Wharton
Turns 34 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | American sailing vessel capsizes during a gale and fifteen passengers and crew are lost | 07/23/1858 |
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Douglas on the Stump," July 23, 1858 | 07/23/1858 |
Newspaper | New York Herald, "The Late Meeting of Maryland Slaveholders," July 23, 1858 | 07/23/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |