Birthdays
Henry Clay Cheston
Turns 24 on this date
George Reeder Garner
Turns 15 on this date
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Turns 33 on this date
Eppa Hunton
Turns 36 on this date
John Wesley Landis
Turns 21 on this date
Robert McCachren
Turns 60 on this date
Truman Seymour
Turns 34 on this date
Henry Warner Slocum
Turns 31 on this date
William Nathan Harrell Smith
Turns 46 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 | (Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “Untitled,” September 24, 1858 | 09/24/1858 |
| 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 |