Birthdays
Benjamin Treadwell Onderdonk
Turns 69 on this date
Henry Taylor Blow
Turns 43 on this date
Thomas Bowman
Turns 43 on this date
Sidney Breese
Turns 60 on this date
Charles Cummins
Turns 84 on this date
Carson Courtland Moore
Turns 36 on this date
William Harrison Randall
Turns 48 on this date
Olive Risley Seward
Turns 16 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Bell-Everett newspaper in Augusta, Georgia calls the Breckinridge-Lane candidacy the "Suicide Ticket" | 07/15/1860 |
| Slavery/Abolition | First American Colonization Society charter ship transporting rescued Africans to Liberia sails from Key West, Florida | 07/15/1860 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Nevada, the Pyramid Lake War comes to an official end as regular troops withdraw | 07/15/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | In the Nebraska Territory, a tornado strikes St. John's City | 07/15/1860 |
| Education/Culture | Robert E. Lee writes to his wife about one of his former cadets at West Point | 07/15/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Serious Street Encounter in Charleston,” July 15, 1860 | 07/15/1860 |