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Battles/Soldiers U.S. Army Signal Corps established
Battles/Soldiers U.S. Army in action against hostile Indians in Utah Territory
Crime/Disasters - Two very destructive fires strike the commercial district of Poughkeepsie, New York
Crime/Disasters Two steamboats collide on the St. Clair River in Michigan and one sinks with loss of life.
Crime/Disasters Two steamboats collide on the Mississippi River above Memphis, one sinks in minutes
Slavery/Abolition - Two South Carolina slaves stow away aboard Boston bound steamer; one escapes, one does not
Crime/Disasters Two passengers die when a river boat burns on the Arkansas River
Crime/Disasters Two passenger steamers collide on Lake Huron and scores of passengers and crew are lost
Education/Culture Two of the country's best baseball clubs meet in Philadelphia with Brooklyn's "Atlantics" victorious
Education/Culture - Two New York yachts with very wealthy owners compete in an ocean race off Long Island
Battles/Soldiers Two more African-American regiments, the soon to be famous Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, come into being
Crime/Disasters Two merchant vessels collide in the Straits of Mackinaw in Michigan and five seaman are lost
Crime/Disasters Two merchant ships collide off of Fire Island, New York and both founder, drowning seven men.
Crime/Disasters Two heavy early afternoon tremors strike San Francisco, California but start no fires and cause no fatalities
Education/Culture Two four-man crews race on the Hudson River for a national rowing championship and two thousand dollars
Battles/Soldiers Two Dickinson College alumni clash in one of the last cavalry engagements of the war in Virginia
Business/Industry Two days after the first coast to coast telegraph message the Pony Express ceases operations
Battles/Soldiers Twenty-six year old Union General Frederic Winthrop is killed at the head of his men at Five Forks
Personal Twenty-six year old Union General Frederic Winthrop is buried with great ceremony in New York City
Personal Twenty-nine year old Union Brigade commander George Boomer dies at the head of his troops
Battles/Soldiers Twenty-nine year old Daniel McCook of Ohio's "Fighting McCooks" is killed on Kennesaw Mountain
Crime/Disasters Twenty-five people drown during an outing at Boykin's Mill, South Carolina
Personal Twenty year William H. Rihl becomes the first Union soldier killed meeting Lee's invasion
Business/Industry Twelve railwaymen in Michigan form the Brotherhood of the Footboard, first permanent engineers' union
Foreign Turks reject Russian claims in the Ottoman Empire
Foreign Turkish ultimatum calls upon Russia to stop encroachment in Danube region
Legal/Political Turkish admiral ends his visit to United States
Personal Tubman returns to Maryland to rescue her niece
Personal Tubman escapes slavery, traveling to Philadelphia
Cultural TSV Munchen athletics club founded in Munich, Bavaria