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