Birthdays
Chester Alan Arthur
Turns 29 on this date
Henry Cornelius Burnett
Turns 33 on this date
George Washington Gordon
Turns 22 on this date
Samuel Maclay
Turns 55 on this date
Thomas Algeo Rowley
Turns 50 on this date
Charles Comfort Tiffany
Turns 29 on this date
Samuel A. Wright
Turns 22 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) Press and Tribune, "The Galesburg Debate," October 5, 1858 | 10/05/1858 |
| Newspaper | Quincy (IL) Whig, "Lincoln at the South," October 5, 1858 | 10/05/1858 |
| 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 |