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 |