Birthdays
Otto C. Bardon
Turns 19 on this date
Calvin Clifford Chaffee
Turns 49 on this date
William Alexander Hammond
Turns 32 on this date
Lucy Webb Hayes
Turns 29 on this date
Thomas Williams
Turns 54 on this date
Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum
Turns 11 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Stephen Douglas continues his campaign swing through Virginia at Petersburg | 08/28/1860 |
| Science/Technology | Telegraph lines reach the Nebraska Territory and the first telegraph office opens in Brownville | 08/28/1860 |
| US/the World | The Prince of Wales visits Canada's largest and richest city of Montreal |
08/24/1860 to 08/30/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | (Jackson) Mississippian, "Facts for the People," August 28, 1860 | 08/28/1860 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Our Weekly Bill of Mortality,” August 28, 1860 | 08/28/1860 |