Birthdays
Shadrach Laycock Bowman
Turns 30 on this date
Events
| Foreign | Italy in 1859, by the numbers | 05/02/1859 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Long-range patrol in force from the Second Cavalry defeats Comanche war party in south Texas | 05/02/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The trial of Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Charles Langston continues in the federal court in Cleveland, Ohio |
04/19/1859 to 05/09/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Boston (MA) Advertiser, “The Oberlin Rescue Cases,” May 2, 1859 | 05/02/1859 |