Birthdays

Absalom Baird
Turns 34 on this date

Madison Brown
Turns 48 on this date

Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe
Turns 26 on this date

Gilman Marston
Turns 47 on this date

Francis Redding Tillou Nichols
Turns 24 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 | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Signs of Fright,” August 20, 1858 | 08/20/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |