Birthdays

Louis Blenker
Turns 46 on this date

Robert Looney Caruthers
Turns 58 on this date

David Conyngham
Turns 47 on this date

William Knight Dare
Turns 0 on this date

John W. Garrett
Turns 38 on this date

Edward McPherson
Turns 28 on this date

William Clarke Quantrill
Turns 21 on this date

Thomas Hart Taylor
Turns 33 on this date

George Henry Thomas
Turns 42 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 | Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "The Exact Milwaukee Time," July 31, 1858 | 07/31/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |
Newspaper | Ripley (OH) Bee, "The Most Dangerous Foe," July 31, 1858 | 07/31/1858 |