Birthdays

John Huy Addams
Turns 38 on this date

Augustus Brandegee
Turns 32 on this date

Garrick Mallery Harding
Turns 33 on this date

Daniel Harvey Hill
Turns 39 on this date

Henry Marriot
Turns 22 on this date

James Brown McCaw
Turns 37 on this date

Andrew Horatio Reeder
Turns 53 on this date
Events
Education/Culture | British author and dramatist George Soane dies at his London home | 07/12/1860 |
Dickinsonian | Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies | 07/12/1860 |
US/the World | In Northern Ireland, Orangemen clash with Catholics killing two and wounding fifteen | 07/12/1860 |
Campaigns/Elections | New York States' Constitutional Unionists meet in convention at Utica | 07/12/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | West Washington Market in New York City suffers severe damage in a midnight fire |
07/11/1860 to 07/12/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “In A Quandary,” July 12, 1860 | 07/12/1860 |