Birthdays
Turner Ashby
Turns 31 on this date
Jeremiah Howard Beckwith
Turns 21 on this date
James William Denver
Turns 38 on this date
James Monroe Goggin
Turns 39 on this date
Samuel Pollock
Turns 51 on this date
John Reuben Thompson
Turns 36 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Fire destroys a large section of New Orleans' thriving Fourth District |
10/23/1859 to 10/24/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | John Brown and his fellow prisoners are held at Charlestown, Virginia pending trial |
10/20/1859 to 10/24/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Slave Population in the Vicinity of the Outbreak,” October 23, 1859 | 10/23/1859 |
| Letter | Ralph Waldo Emerson to William Emerson, October 23, 1859 | 10/23/1859 |