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Daily Report

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Wednesday, August 05, 1863

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Birthdays

James Dixon, detail

James Dixon

49 years old today

Joseph Gordon Hamblen, detail

Joseph Gordon Hamblen

19 years old today

James Bedell McKean, circa 1860, detail

James Bedell McKean

42 years old today

Carnot Posey, detail

Carnot Posey

45 years old today

Duke Slavens, detail

Duke Slavens

23 years old today

Thomas Weston Tipton, detail

Thomas Weston Tipton

46 years old today

Erastus Wentworth, detail

Erastus Wentworth

50 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Personal
Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State 01/01/1857 to 01/31/1865
Legal/Political
Andrew Gregg Curtin serves as Governor of Pennslyvania 01/15/1861 to 01/15/1867
Personal
John W. Forney serves as secretary of the United States Senate 07/15/1861 to 06/04/1868

Documents

Letter
Abraham Lincoln to Nathaniel Prentice Banks, August 5, 1863 08/05/1863

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