Birthdays
Samuel Aaron
Turns 59 on this date
Benjamin Hickman Bunn
Turns 15 on this date
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Turns 49 on this date
R. Wickliffe Cooper
Turns 28 on this date
Samuel McGowan
Turns 40 on this date
William Weston Patton
Turns 38 on this date
Rufus Saxton
Turns 35 on this date
James Falconer Wilson
Turns 31 on this date
William Henry Zimmerman
Turns 21 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | John Brown and his surviving raiders are taken to Charlestown, Virginia under heavy guard | 10/19/1859 |
Documents
| Diary | Entry by Edmund Ruffin, October 19, 1859 | 10/19/1859 |