Birthdays
Willard Cutter
Turns 21 on this date
Herschel Vespasian Johnson
Turns 46 on this date
Andrew Galbraith Miller
Turns 57 on this date
Marcellus Augustus Stovall
Turns 40 on this date
Henry Constantine Wayne
Turns 43 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln and Douglas hold their fourth debate in Charleston, Illinois | 09/18/1858 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Documents
| Speech | Abraham Lincoln, Fourth Debate with Stephen Douglas, Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858 | 09/18/1858 |
| Newspaper | New York Evening Post, "Senatorial Canvas in Illinois," September 18, 1858 | 09/18/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Henry Clay Whitney, Charleston Debate, September 18, 1858 | 09/18/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by John M. Palmer, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858 |
08/21/1858 to 10/15/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Lew Wallace, Charleston Debate, September 18, 1858 | 09/18/1858 |
| Newspaper | Ripley (OH) Bee, “More Insubordination,” September 18, 1858 | 09/18/1858 |