Birthdays
William Embre Gaines
Turns 14 on this date
Horace Maynard
Turns 44 on this date
Daniel Webster McCurdy
Turns 17 on this date
Joseph W. Redden
Turns 24 on this date
Alexander Hamilton Rice
Turns 40 on this date
William Paine Sheffield
Turns 38 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) Times, "The Campaign - The Discussion at Freeport," August 30, 1858 | 08/30/1858 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “No Quarter to Douglas,” August 30, 1858 | 08/30/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by John M. Palmer, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858 |
08/21/1858 to 10/15/1858 |