The Homeopathic Medical College of the State of New York opened in 1860 near Union Square in New York City.  At a ceremony in the Historical Society on Second Avenue, twenty-seven men formed the first graduating class.  The majority were from New York but there were a number of Canadians, as well as three Georgians and several other Southerners.  One student was from Italy. The College is still in operation as New York Medical College. (By John Osborne)

The Peace Convention in Washington crafted a series of proposals in the form an amendment to the Constitution designed to protect slavery where it existed, appease the South and preserve the Union.  The United States Senate rejected the proposal on a vote of 28 to 7 four days later.  (By John Osborne)

In keeping with the Ordinance of Secession, Texans went to the polls to vote to ratify or overturn the document.  The only seceding state so far to allow the people to vote on leaving the Union saw a 23,000 majority for independence.  The actual recorded numbers were 46,129 for and and 14,697 against.  With that the Ordinance went into effect and Texas was no longer a part of the United States.  (By John Osborne) 

General Daniel Twiggs was the elderly Georgian in command of the Department of Texas, containing fifteen percent of the active U.S. Army in dozens of scattered installations.  Following the Ordinance of Secession, Texas officials began to negotiate the takeover of those posts with Twiggs.  With a combination of willingness, threat from a force of Texas Rangers and private citizens, and a reluctance to cause bloodshed, Twiggs surrendered in San Antonio all the posts in Texas.  Loyal troops were in no position to resist and units marched to the coast for evacuation.  (By John Osborne) 

Abraham Lincoln decided in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for security reason, to forgo the rest of his itinerary and head directly and in secret to Washington DC.  Late in the previous evening, under cover of night, he took a special train, switched tracks in Baltimore, and arrived in Washington at six in the morning.  He took rooms in Willard's Hotel and for the rest of the day had meetings, with President Buchanan at the White House, Senator Seward, Senator Chase, the Illinois delegation, and the Buchanan Cabinet at around ten in the evening. (By John Osborne)