Birthdays

John Taylor Cuddy
Turns 14 on this date

William Rainey Marshall
Turns 33 on this date

Elizabeth Van Lew
Turns 40 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | In New Mexico, an audacious Navajo attack on the Fort Defiance livestock herd is driven off | 10/17/1858 |
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Times, “The Campaign – The Last Joint Debate,” October 17, 1858 | 10/17/1858 |
Newspaper | New York Herald, “Our Richmond Correspondence,” October 17, 1858 | 10/17/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |