Birthdays
Osborne Perry Anderson
Turns 28 on this date
John Robert Baylor
Turns 36 on this date
William Root Brewster
Turns 30 on this date
Thomas Lanier Clingman
Turns 46 on this date
Jasper Yeates Conyngham
Turns 49 on this date
George Washington Dupee
Turns 31 on this date
Ferdinand James Samuel Gorgas
Turns 23 on this date
Dwight Loomis
Turns 37 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | (Jackson) Mississippian, "Speech of Hon. Jeff Davis at Portland," July 27, 1858 | 07/27/1858 |
| Letter | Charles H. Ray to Abraham Lincoln, July 27, 1858 | 07/27/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |