Birthdays
Thomas Almond Ashby
Turns 11 on this date
John Andrew Jackson Creswell
Turns 31 on this date
Jesse Johnson Finley
Turns 47 on this date
Isham Nichols Haynie
Turns 35 on this date
Henry Lee Higginson
Turns 25 on this date
Henry A. Longsdorf
Turns 30 on this date
Benjamin Stone Roberts
Turns 49 on this date
Franz Sigel
Turns 35 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | All defendants in the Columbus Jones kidnapping case acquitted in Massachusetts | 11/18/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Freight train derails on a bridge in Indiana and goes into the river killing two crewmen | 11/18/1859 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Newspaper feud in Nashville over Harpers Ferry results in murder on the street | 11/18/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "A Recoil of the Gun," November 18, 1859 | 11/18/1859 |
| Newspaper | Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Crime Among Fugitive Negroes,” November 18, 1859 | 11/18/1859 |