Birthdays

Clement Edwin Babb
Turns 40 on this date

Stephen Gano Burbridge
Turns 30 on this date

William Hamilton Griffith
Turns 25 on this date

John Porter McCown
Turns 46 on this date

James Carroll Robinson
Turns 38 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Editor of a Southern-leaning newspaper tarred and feathered in Haverhill, Massachusetts | 08/19/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | Slave owning Philadelphian Pierce Butler, former husband of Fanny Kemble, arrested for treason | 08/19/1861 |
Documents
Letter | Beriah Magoffin to Abraham Lincoln, August 19, 1861 | 08/19/1861 |
Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Waking Up,” August 19, 1861 | 08/19/1861 |