Birthdays
James Edmund Bailey
Turns 37 on this date
John Anthony Copeland Jr.
Turns 25 on this date
Charles C. Davis
Turns 29 on this date
Thomas Bull Jacobs
Turns 47 on this date
George Godfrey Leland
Turns 35 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | First Dragoons from Fort Crook in California in chase and fight with hostile Indians | 08/15/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Mount Hood in Oregon in volcanic eruption |
08/15/1859 to 08/18/1859 |