Birthdays

James Glasgow Archer
Turns 16 on this date

Samuel Bland Arnold
Turns 24 on this date

Francis Stebbins Bartow
Turns 42 on this date

Hiram Berdan
Turns 34 on this date

William Steele Holman
Turns 36 on this date

Alvin Peterson Hovey
Turns 37 on this date

Joseph Jones
Turns 25 on this date

St John Richardson Liddell
Turns 43 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
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 |
Letter | Thomas Garrett to William Still and James Miller McKim, September 6, 1858 | 09/06/1858 |