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 |