Birthdays
James Brooks
Turns 50 on this date
William Porter Cochran
Turns 57 on this date
Samuel Gridley Howe
Turns 59 on this date
Albert Gallatin Jenkins
Turns 30 on this date
James Miller McKim
Turns 50 on this date
Samuel Nelson
Turns 68 on this date
John Todd Stuart
Turns 53 on this date
Alfred Howe Terry
Turns 33 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington D.C., South Carolinian James Chesnut, Jr. becomes the first Southern senator to resign his seat | 11/10/1860 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Louisiana native Major Pierre G.T. Beauregard appointed as the next Superintendent of West Point | 11/10/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | The Clarendon Hotel in Buffalo, New York burns and four die | 11/10/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | William T. Sherman writes to his wife from Louisiana about the election | 11/10/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | (Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “John C. Breckinridge,” November 10, 1860 | 11/10/1860 |
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Tribune, "The Disunion Flurry," November 10, 1860 | 11/10/1860 |
| Letter | William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, November 10, 1860 | 11/10/1860 |