Birthdays

George William Bagby
Turns 30 on this date

Katherine Jane Chase
Turns 18 on this date

Charles G. Dahlgren
Turns 47 on this date

Lucy Stone
Turns 40 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Fire at the Illinois State Prison | 08/13/1858 |
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Illinois Campaign,” August 13, 1858 | 08/13/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |