Birthdays
Henry Laurens Benbow
Turns 29 on this date
Zachariah Cantey Deas
Turns 39 on this date
James O'Hara Denny
Turns 37 on this date
William James Hiss
Turns 26 on this date
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss
Turns 43 on this date
John Pendleton Kennedy
Turns 63 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
| Slavery/Abolition | Senator Seward gives his famous "irrepressible conflict" speech in Rochester, New York | 10/25/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, "Divided We Fall," October 25, 1858 | 10/25/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |