Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Democrats hold their National Convention in Charleston, South Carolina |
04/23/1860 to 05/01/1860 |
| US/the World | First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States arrives in Panama enroute to Washington, D.C. | 04/26/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Maryland Republicans hold their state convention in Baltimore amidst hostile crowds | 04/26/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Steamboat burns on the Mississippi below St. Louis and sixteen people are killed | 04/26/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Slavery/Abolition | U.S. Navy captures American slave ship off the coast of Cuba with 507 African slaves aboard | 04/26/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “The Union,” April 26, 1860 | 04/26/1860 |