Birthdays

Thomas Lee Broun
Turns 37 on this date

James Edmund Bryant
Turns 12 on this date

Augustus Louis Chetlain
Turns 36 on this date

William Henry Miles
Turns 32 on this date

Emanuel H. Reigart
Turns 26 on this date

Israel Bush Richardson
Turns 45 on this date

John Guier Scott
Turns 41 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | South Carolina's commissioners to the United States arrive and take up residence in Washington | 12/26/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
Battles/Soldiers | Under cover of night in Charleston Harbor, Major Anderson consolidates his forces at Fort Sumter | 12/26/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Secession Explained,” December 26, 1860 | 12/26/1860 |