Events

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Campaigns/Elections 05/16/1863 In Albany, New York, soldiers attack a public meeting protesting the arrest of Clement Vallandigham
Crime/Disasters 05/16/1863 One man killed and two others injured in a fireworks factory explosion in Queens County, New York
Battles/Soldiers 05/17/1863 At the Big Black River Bridge, Union troops sweep aside a blocking force covering the Confederate retreat to Vicksburg
Battles/Soldiers 05/17/1863 The Mexican city of Puebla surrenders to the French after a sixty-two day siege
Campaigns/Elections 05/18/1863 In Dixon, Illinois, four thousand Union supporters dedicate a new Unionist meeting hall
Battles/Soldiers 05/18/1863 On the Mississippi, the Union's Army of the Tennessee completely surrounds Vicksburg
Crime/Disasters 05/18/1863 U.S. Navy sailing vessel strikes a reef off Haiti and is lost though all the crew survive
Lawmaking/Litigating 05/19/1863 President Lincoln banishes Congressman Clement Vallandigham to the Confederacy
Battles/Soldiers 05/19/1863 Meeting in Washington DC demands protection for black Union prisoners of war
Education/Culture 05/19/1863 In New Jersey, a clandestine bareknuckle prize fight ends in mayhem
Crime/Disasters 05/19/1863 In western New York State, a bridge collapses under an express train, killing one and injuring several
Battles/Soldiers 05/19/1863 The Union's Army of the Tennessee attempts the storming of Vicksburg but is beaten back
Education/Culture 05/20/1863 At Epsom in southern England, Macaroni wins the eighty-fourth running of the Derby
Campaigns/Elections 05/20/1863 In Cleveland, Ohio, thousands hear speeches at a mass meeting of the National Union League
Campaigns/Elections 05/20/1863 Indiana's Democrats hold a mass meeting at their convention in Indianapolis
Battles/Soldiers 05/20/1863 General John Schofield replaces abolitionist General Samuel Curtis in the Department of the Missouri
Religion/Philosophy 05/21/1863 The Seventh Day Adventist Church formally organizes
Battles/Soldiers 05/21/1863—05/22/1863 In Louisiana, Union forces advance to surround the Mississippi River fortress at Port Hudson
Crime/Disasters 05/22/1863 The Medical College at Lexington, Kentucky heavily damaged in a fire
Crime/Disasters 05/22/1863 In Chicago, a serious afternoon fire destroys the First Unitarian Church along with other buildings