Birthdays

Turner Ashby
Turns 30 on this date

Jeremiah Howard Beckwith
Turns 20 on this date

James William Denver
Turns 37 on this date

James Monroe Goggin
Turns 38 on this date

Samuel Pollock
Turns 50 on this date

John Reuben Thompson
Turns 35 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Foreign | The dispute between France and Portugal over the slave ship "Charles-et-Georges" is settled | 10/23/1858 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Vice-President Breckenridge for Douglas,” October 23, 1858 | 10/23/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |