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 |