Battles/Soldiers |
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A Union winter cavalry raid departs its West Virginia base and marches south to cut communications |
Crime/Disasters |
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A very early frost disrupts the grain harvest in much of the eastern United States. |
Crime/Disasters |
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A well-behaved mob lynches a horse thief and murderer in the town square in Kokomo, Indiana |
Legal/Political |
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Aaron Stevens found guilty in Virginia for his part in Harpers Ferry Raid |
US/the World |
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Abdülaziz I of Turkey becomes the first Ottoman Emperor to visit the United Kingdom. |
Foreign |
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Abolition of slavery in Columbia completed |
Legal/Political |
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Abolitionist lecture delivered successfully in Philadelphia as police and rioters battle outside the hall |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abolitionist lecture in Burlington, New Jersey ends in chaos and a barrage of rotten eggs |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abolitionist meeting to commemorate John Brown broken up in Boston |
Legal/Political |
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Abolitionists meet at Faneuil Hall, Boston to protest the arrest of Anthony Burns |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Above Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union troops storm the Confederate positions on Lookout Mountain |
Cultural |
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Abraham and Mary Lincoln visit Niagara Falls |
Personal |
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Abraham Cahan born near Vilna, Lithuania |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln arrives in New York City on his pre-inaugural tour |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln concludes his New England tour with a speech in Bridgeport, Connecticut |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln finishes his five day speaking tour in Kansas with two speeches in Leavenworth |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln gives a speech in Elwood at the start of a five day speaking tour in Kansas |
Personal |
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Abraham Lincoln is born in Hardin County, Kentucky |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln is re-elected as President of the United States and Republicans make sweeping electoral gains |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln leaves for home after his short Kansas speaking tour |
Science/Technology |
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Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, Illinois receives a patent for a device to aid riverboats over shoals |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln rallies Connecticut Republicans in a strong evening speech at Norwich |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln reaches Albany, New York on his pre-inaugural tour and speaks at the capitol |
Personal |
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Abraham Lincoln returns to Springfield, Illinois where his remains lay in state in the State House |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln secretly heads directly to Washington arriving in the early morning hours |
Legal/Political |
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Abraham Lincoln serves a single term in the United States House of Representatives |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln speaks before the Cooper Union in New York City |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln speaks in Pittsburgh and then continues his pre-inaugural tour to Cleveland, Ohio |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln speaks in Providence, Rhode Island |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln speaks to New Hampshire Republicans at Exeter |