Birthdays
Lewis Davis Campbell
Turns 49 on this date
Albert Troup Emory
Turns 39 on this date
John Merryman
Turns 36 on this date
William Morris Stewart
Turns 33 on this date
William Thomas Ward
Turns 52 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Continuing his North American tour, the Prince of Wales is in Charlottetown on Prince Edward's Island |
08/09/1860 to 08/11/1860 |
| Business/Industry | President Buchanan visits the British liner Great Eastern, anchored in Chesapeake Bay | 08/09/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | South Carolina congressman calls for secession should Abraham Lincoln win the general election | 08/09/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Charlestown (VA) Free Press, "Precipitate A Revolution," August 9, 1860 | 08/09/1860 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Ovations to the Prince of Wales,” August 9, 1860 | 08/09/1860 |
| Newspaper | Ripley (OH) Bee, "The 'Irrepressible Conflict,'" August 9, 1860 | 08/09/1860 |