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 |