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In Obion County, Tennessee, a dawn attack on Union City routs its Confederate defenders |
| Business/Industry |
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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opens service for the first time in a year |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Major General David Hunter takes command of the Union Army's new Department of the South |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union soldiers and sailors carry out a daring night raid on Confederate defenses near Island Number Ten |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In the Shenandoah Valley, Union forces skirmish with retreating Confederates around Woodstock |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Virginia, General George McClellan joins his troops at Fort Monroe to begin the advance on Richmond |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson arrests a subordinate for "neglect of duty" at Kernstown |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The United States Senate passes President Lincoln's suggested resolution to help end slavery gradually |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The War Department suspends military recruitment across the North |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union naval units occupy Appalachicola, Florida |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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On a party line vote, the U.S. Senate votes to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston reorganizes the Army of the Mississippi into three corps |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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President Lincoln creates two new army departments, one directly protecting Washington DC |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The U.S.S. Carondelet makes her daring night run past the Confederate blockade on the Mississippi |
| Education/Culture |
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In billiards, Michael Foley wins his much anticipated return match with Dudley Kavanaugh |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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On the Virginia Peninsula, the Army of the Potomac advances to besiege Yorktown |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Irving Carson, Chicago Tribune war correspondent, is killed on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh |
| Personal |
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Albert Sidney Johnston becomes the war's highest ranking casualty when he bleeds to death at Shiloh |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Massed Confederate forces attack the Union's Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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At Pittsburg Landing, Union reinforcements turn the tide on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Rockville, Maryland Unionists meet to denounce the bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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On the Kentucky Bend of the Mississippi, Island Number Ten falls to Union army and navy forces |
| Science/Technology |
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Philadelphian John D. Lynde patents the first aerosol dispenser or "Improved Bottle for Aerated Liquids" |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union forces evacuate Jacksonville, Florida and the Confederacy reoccupies the town |
| Business/Industry |
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On Fifth Avenue in New York City, the Delmonico Brothers open their third establishment |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In coastal Georgia, Fort Pulaski endures a thirty hour Union bombardment before surrendering |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington D.C., the House passes the bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia |
| US/the World |
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At Vera Cruz, British and Spanish troops begin to withdraw from the Allied intervention into Mexico |
| Personal |
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Death of former New Jersey Senator and Whig vice-presidential candidate Theodore Freylinghuysen |
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In Georgia, Union infiltrators commandeer a Confederate train and initiate the "Great Locomotive Chase" |
