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Battles/Soldiers |
In Louisiana, the Siege of Port Hudson continues |
06/15/1863 to 07/08/1863 |
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Battles/Soldiers |
In Mississippi, the Siege of Vicksburg continues |
05/26/1863 to 07/03/1863 |
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Education/Culture |
In New York City, Columbia University holds its 109th Commencement |
06/24/1863 |
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Business/Industry |
In Pennsylvania, Confederate soldiers destroy the iron works of Congressman Thaddeus Stevens |
06/24/1863 |
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Battles/Soldiers |
In Pennsylvania, New York Militia units prepare a defense of Carlisle against the Confederate advance |
06/24/1863 |
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Crime/Disasters |
Iowa infantry officer dismissed from the Army for drunkenness and sleeping with a freed slave woman |
06/24/1863 |
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US/the World |
Japan pays an indemnity Britain demanded for attacks on its people and property in the country |
06/24/1863 |
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US/the World |
The newly-wed Prince and Princess of Wales dedicate the new building of the British Orphan's Asylum |
06/24/1863 |
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Lawmaking/Litigating |
War Department sets generous cash bounties for veterans who reenlist in the Union Army |
06/24/1863 |
