Birthdays

James William Boyd
Turns 38 on this date

William Brisbane
Turns 37 on this date

William Henry Campbell
Turns 52 on this date

John Winthrop Chanler
Turns 34 on this date

Asbury Jones Clarke
Turns 19 on this date

Benjamin Harvey Hill
Turns 37 on this date

William Ralls Morrison
Turns 36 on this date

Alfred Foster Mullin
Turns 23 on this date

John Pelham
Turns 22 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Corps of Engineers begin repairs to defenses of Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter in South Carolina |
09/14/1860 to 09/15/1860 |
US/the World | In central Italy, Piedmontese troops capture the Papal State city of Perugia | 09/14/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | In Wisconsin, freight train hits a passenger train waiting in the station at Delavan and five die | 09/14/1860 |
US/the World | Prince Albert's tour visits London in Canada West |
09/13/1860 to 09/14/1860 |
Campaigns/Elections | Stephen Douglas continues his campaign with a whistle-stop train journey through up-state New York | 09/14/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “The Cuban Slave-Trade,” September 14, 1860 | 09/14/1860 |