Birthdays
Edmund Jackson Davis
Turns 33 on this date
John R. Effinger
Turns 25 on this date
George Washington Getty
Turns 41 on this date
Joseph Alexander Murray
Turns 45 on this date
Alexander Peter Stewart
Turns 39 on this date
Alfred Rudolph Waud
Turns 32 on this date
Joseph Worthington White
Turns 38 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Count Cavour prepares to annex central and southern provinces into a united Italy | 10/02/1860 |
| US/the World | Garibaldi and his Italian nationalists inflict final defeat on the Bourbon forces at Battle of Volturno |
09/30/1860 to 10/02/1860 |
| US/the World | The Prince of Wales visits Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
10/01/1860 to 10/02/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Brady's New National Photographic Gallery,” October 2, 1860 | 10/02/1860 |