Birthdays

Robert Newton Adams
Turns 25 on this date

John Maxwell Bailey
Turns 33 on this date

Samuel Cook
Turns 20 on this date

Arthur Wellesley Milby
Turns 42 on this date

Richard Olney
Turns 25 on this date

Clayton Cannon Pennel
Turns 25 on this date

Henry George Stebbins
Turns 49 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 |
Crime/Disasters | Hurricane strikes Louisiana and Mississippi coasts | 09/15/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | In Albany, well-known piano manufacturing firm suffers devastating fire | 09/15/1860 |
Education/Culture | In New York baseball, good early innings allow Excelsior and Putnam to notch up easy wins | 09/15/1860 |
US/the World | The Prince of Wales visits Niagara Falls and watches Blondin cross on the high wire |
09/15/1860 to 09/17/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Boston (MA) Advertiser, “The Plots in Texas,” September 15, 1860 | 09/15/1860 |