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 |