Daily Report

Thursday, May 15, 1862

Birthdays

Lawrence Simmons Baker, detail

Laurence Simmons Baker

32 years old today

Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, detail

Thomas Leonidas Crittenden

43 years old today

Richard Schell, detail

Richard Schell

52 years old today

Jacob Thompson, detail

Jacob Thompson

52 years old today

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Julia Ann Toombs

49 years old today

Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, detail

Isaac Ridgeway Trimble

60 years old today

Events

Legal/Political	Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Personal	Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State	01/01/1857 to 01/31/1865
Legal/Political	Andrew Gregg Curtin serves as Governor of Pennslyvania	01/15/1861 to 01/15/1867
Personal	David Wilmot serves in the United States Senate	03/14/1861 to 03/03/1863

Documents

Letter	Abraham Lincoln to Henry Wilson, May 15, 1862	05/15/1862
Military record	Major General Benjamin F. Butler, General Order Number 28, May 15, 1862	05/15/1862