Birthdays
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
Turns 40 on this date
George Ticknor Curtis
Turns 48 on this date
Henry Clay Dallam
Turns 32 on this date
Benjamin Drew
Turns 48 on this date
Charles A. Ebert
Turns 25 on this date
Bryan Grimes Jr.
Turns 32 on this date
James Alfred Inness
Turns 40 on this date
Philip Myers
Turns 30 on this date
George Ellis Pugh
Turns 38 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Commander of federal forces in Charleston, South Carolina asks again for area forts to be manned | 11/28/1860 |
| Education/Culture | New York's Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men holds its eighteenth annual meeting | 11/28/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Texas Governor Sam Houston calls for all Southern governors to meet in conference at Austin | 11/28/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, "General Scott Wanted At Washington," November 28, 1860 | 11/28/1860 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Meeting of Congress,” November 28, 1860 | 11/28/1860 |