Birthdays
John Denison Baldwin
Turns 50 on this date
James Burns Belford
Turns 22 on this date
Thomas Morris Chaney
Turns 18 on this date
George Crook
Turns 31 on this date
Emerson Etheridge
Turns 40 on this date
James Deering Fessenden
Turns 26 on this date
John Gregg
Turns 31 on this date
Aaron Augustus Sargent
Turns 32 on this date
John Keagy Stayman
Turns 36 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Bridge over a canal collapses in Albion, New York and eighteen citizens perish | 09/28/1859 |
| Education/Culture | Horace Greeley arrives home in New York City after his tour of the West | 09/28/1859 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Illinois Democrats of the Sixth District nominate John A. McClernand for Congress | 09/28/1859 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Mexican bandits occupy Brownsville, Texas and kill five citizens | 09/28/1859 |