Birthdays

George Burgwyn Anderson
Turns 27 on this date

Robert Newton Baer
Turns 24 on this date

Francis Preston Blair Sr.
Turns 67 on this date

John C. Brock
Turns 15 on this date

George Gibbs Dibrell
Turns 36 on this date

Grenville Mellen Dodge
Turns 27 on this date

Charles William Foster Jr.
Turns 30 on this date

George Wallace Jones
Turns 54 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC. from early January to mid-June, 1858 |
01/06/1858 to 06/13/1858 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Highly Important from Mexico,” April 12, 1858 | 04/12/1858 |