Birthdays

John Denison Baldwin
Turns 51 on this date

James Burns Belford
Turns 23 on this date

Thomas Morris Chaney
Turns 19 on this date

George Crook
Turns 32 on this date

Emerson Etheridge
Turns 41 on this date

James Deering Fessenden
Turns 27 on this date

John Gregg
Turns 32 on this date

Aaron Augustus Sargent
Turns 33 on this date

John Keagy Stayman
Turns 37 on this date
Events
Education/Culture | Five gold prospectors climb Mount St. Helens in Washington Territory | 09/28/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | In Texas, a coastal steamboat bursts its boilers with heavy loss of life | 09/28/1860 |
US/the World | The Prince of Wales resumes his American tour, visiting St. Louis, Missouri |
09/26/1860 to 09/28/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “When to Secede,” September 28, 1860 | 09/28/1860 |