Birthdays

Frederick George D'Utassy
Turns 33 on this date

Sarah Moore Grimké
Turns 68 on this date

Henry Baker Harnsberger
Turns 44 on this date

Samuel Hepburn
Turns 54 on this date

Richard Josiah Hinton
Turns 30 on this date

Alfred Moore Scales
Turns 33 on this date

Mary Edwards Walker
Turns 28 on this date

William Henry Talbot Walker
Turns 44 on this date

William Ryland White
Turns 40 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Governor John J. Pettus of Mississippi calls for a state convention to consider secession | 11/26/1860 |
Education/Culture | In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the Dickinson College faculty discipline a student for "hissing in the Chapel" | 11/26/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Louisville, Kentucky, a large Unionist meeting resolves to support the Constitution and seek compromise | 11/26/1860 |
Personal | Priscilla Stoker is born in Upshur County, Texas | 11/26/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Secession Cadets,” November 26, 1860 | 11/26/1860 |
Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer,"U. S. Arsenal," November 26, 1860 | 11/26/1860 |