Birthdays
George Armstrong Custer
Turns 19 on this date
James Guthrie
Turns 66 on this date
John Baldwin Raymond
Turns 14 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 | New York Herald, “The Struggle Among the Virginia Democracy,” December 5, 1858 | 12/05/1858 |