Birthdays
Samuel Jameson Gholson
Turns 51 on this date
Richard Jacobs Haldeman
Turns 28 on this date
Harmar Denny Murray
Turns 21 on this date
Jonas John Potts
Turns 38 on this date
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer
Turns 47 on this date
Events
| Business/Industry | The Southern Commercial Convention is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi with slavery high on the agenda |
05/09/1859 to 05/19/1859 |
| Slavery/Abolition | The Vicksburg Convention focusing on the slave trade closes with a vote to end restrictions on the African slave trade | 05/19/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Visit of the President to North Carolina,” May 19, 1859 | 05/19/1859 |