1860 in the United States
Events from the year 1860 in the United States.
Abraham Lincoln is elected president with no support from the South
1859 in the United States
Events from the year 1859 in the United States.
February 27: Philip Barton Key II is killed by Daniel Sickles in Washington
October 16–18: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
The Last Moments of John Brown by Thomas Hovenden, 1882–1884