Birthdays

Kinsley Scott Bingham
Turns 50 on this date

John Snyder Carlile
Turns 41 on this date

Alfred Creigh
Turns 48 on this date

John Ewen
Turns 50 on this date

Samuel Garland Jr.
Turns 28 on this date

Robert Selden Garnett
Turns 39 on this date

Henry Heth
Turns 33 on this date

Myer Strouse
Turns 33 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 35th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/06/1858 to 12/22/1858 |
Documents
Newspaper | Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “Who are the Agitators?,” December 16, 1858 | 12/16/1858 |