Birthdays

Josiah Henson
Turns 70 on this date

Joseph Mahon
Turns 54 on this date

John Andrew Munroe
Turns 24 on this date

Charles Henry Smith
Turns 33 on this date

Charles Crooke Suydam
Turns 23 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Lyman Cutlar shoots Charles Griffin's pig on San Juan Island touching off "the Pig War" | 06/15/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Carlisle (PA) American, “Daring Abduction of Negroes,” June 15, 1859 | 06/15/1859 |
Newspaper | Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “Sleeping Cars on the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway,” June 15, 1859 | 06/15/1859 |