Birthdays

George Andreas Atzerodt
Turns 25 on this date

Samuel Cooper
Turns 62 on this date

John Hanson McNeil
Turns 45 on this date

David Levy Yulee
Turns 50 on this date
Events
Education/Culture | America's best trotting horses meet for a second time at the Union Course on Long Island | 06/12/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | Serious train wreck near Belleville, Illinois injures dozens | 06/12/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
US/the World | Three shiploads of reinforcements for Garibaldi's campaign in Sicily reach Sardinia | 06/12/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “Commencement of Republican Cabinet Making,” June 12, 1860 | 06/12/1860 |
Letter | Richard W. Thompson to Abraham Lincoln, June 12, 1860 | 06/12/1860 |