Birthdays
John Brewer Brown
Turns 23 on this date
William McClanahan Busey
Turns 16 on this date
Howard Copeland
Turns 31 on this date
William Hamilton Getzendaner
Turns 25 on this date
Jacob V. Gotwalts
Turns 19 on this date
Zebulon Baird Vance
Turns 29 on this date
Events
| Slavery/Abolition | A commercial convention focusing on the slave trade is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi |
05/10/1859 to 05/18/1859 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Second Cavalry units under Major Earl Van Dorn defeat hostile Comanche in the northern Indian Territory | 05/13/1859 |
| Business/Industry | The Southern Commercial Convention is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi with slavery high on the agenda |
05/09/1859 to 05/19/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “A Slave State on the Pacific,” May 13, 1859 | 05/13/1859 |