Birthdays

Jeremiah Goldsmith Anderson
Turns 26 on this date

Henry Washington Benham
Turns 46 on this date

John Curtis Caldwell
Turns 26 on this date

John Bullock Clark Sr.
Turns 57 on this date

Philip St. George Cocke
Turns 50 on this date

Charles Collins
Turns 46 on this date

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs
Turns 31 on this date

John Sedgwick Cleveland Robinson
Turns 42 on this date

Dauphin Adolphus Thompson
Turns 21 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Palm Sunday riot in Panama brings hundreds of U.S. sailors ashore to protect American residents | 04/17/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Sickles Case,” April 17, 1859 | 04/17/1859 |