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 |