Birthdays
Edgar Cowan
Turns 45 on this date
Joseph Hoopes
Turns 19 on this date
J. Emory McClintock
Turns 20 on this date
John Brown Storm
Turns 22 on this date
Joseph Rodman West
Turns 38 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Fog and heavy rains afflict New York City and vicinity |
09/19/1860 to 09/21/1860 |
| Education/Culture | T.D. Rice, black-face minstrel originator of the "Jim Crow" character, dies in New York City | 09/19/1860 |
| US/the World | The Prince of Wales is in Hamilton, Ontario, his last stop in Canada before entering the United States |
09/18/1860 to 09/19/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Raleigh (NC) Register, "Bell and Everett Pole-Raising," September 19, 1860 | 09/19/1860 |