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 |