Birthdays
Robert Houstoun Anderson
Turns 23 on this date
William LeRoy Broun
Turns 31 on this date
Adoniram Judson Clark
Turns 20 on this date
James E. Clawson
Turns 30 on this date
Francis Marion Cockrell
Turns 24 on this date
Alfred G. Coover
Turns 20 on this date
William Hicks Jackson
Turns 23 on this date
Francis Henry Jordan
Turns 37 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Second Cavalry under Captain Earl Van Dorn battles with Comanche Indians at Wichita Village in Indian Territory | 10/01/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Mr. Buchanan’s Troubles,” October 1, 1858 | 10/01/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by John M. Palmer, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858 |
08/21/1858 to 10/15/1858 |