Birthdays
Louisa May Alcott
Turns 28 on this date
Andrew McElwain Criswell
Turns 36 on this date
Hamilton Rowan Gamble
Turns 62 on this date
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut
Turns 45 on this date
William Ballard Preston
Turns 55 on this date
Thomas Edwin Greenfield Ransom
Turns 26 on this date
Louis Douglass Watkins
Turns 27 on this date
Robert William Wells
Turns 65 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In Pennsylvania coal country, five drown when a rail passenger car falls into the Lehigh River | 11/29/1860 |
| Religion/Philosophy | Thanksgiving Day is celebrated across the country | 11/29/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Political Assassination,” November 29, 1860 | 11/29/1860 |
| Letter | William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, November 29, 1860 | 11/29/1860 |