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Birthdays

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, detail

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz

1807-05-28 - 1873-12-14

Alpheus Baker, detail

Alpheus Baker

1828-05-28 - 1891-10-02

Charles Joseph Baker, engraving, detail

Charles Joseph Baker

1821-05-28 - 1894-09-23

Pierre G. T. Beauregard, Brady image, detail

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

1818-05-28 - 1893-02-20

William Birney, detail

William Birney

1819-05-28 - 1907-08-14

Sempronius Hamilton Boyd, detail

Sempronius Hamilton Boyd

1828-05-28 - 1894-06-22

William Alfred Buckingham, detail

William Alfred Buckingham

1804-05-28 - 1875-02-05

Basil Wilson Duke, circa 1875, detail

Basil Wilson Duke

1838-05-28 - 1916-09-16

Ephraim Thomas Carroll Richmond

1843-05-28 - 1916-03-15

Events

Legal/Political
Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
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
Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio 10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862
Personal
Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State 01/01/1857 to 01/31/1865

Documents

Newspaper
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Army Slave Catching,” May 28, 1861 05/28/1861

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