Birthdays
Seth Maxwell Barton
Turns 29 on this date
Henry Baxter
Turns 37 on this date
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Turns 30 on this date
Johnston Moore
Turns 49 on this date
Lucius Bellinger Northrop
Turns 47 on this date
Alexander Ramsey
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
| Newspaper | New York Times, “The Union Meeting at the Cooper Institute,” September 8, 1858 | 09/08/1858 |
| 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 |