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A Military Commission tries Clement Vallandigham in Cincinnati for "disloyal sentiments and opinions" |
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On the Mississippi, fire destroys steamboat, killing one passenger and hundreds of Army horses |
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Dozens of New Jersey infantrymen drown in Kentucky while crossing the Cumberland River |
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In Tennessee, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn is shot to death by a jealous husband |
| Business/Industry |
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New paddle steamer launched for the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Yard |
| US/the World |
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In the Polish Insurrection, three days of battles with Russian forces ends in defeat for the insurgents |
| Business/Industry |
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Twelve railwaymen in Michigan form the Brotherhood of the Footboard, first permanent engineers' union |
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U.S.S. Canandaiga captures the blockade runner S.S. Cherokee off Charleston |
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The Granadina Confederation reorganizes and renames itself "The United States of Colombia" |
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In southern England, a small farming village is almost completely destroyed in an afternoon fire |
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Decisive French action defeats a Mexican force attempting to resupply the besieged city of Puebla |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Hugh McCulloch begins service as the first U.S. Comptroller of the Currency |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Congressman Clement Vallandigham applies for a writ of "Habeus Corpus" in a Cincinnati court |
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Lake Erie cargo ship explodes its boiler off Cleveland, Ohio, killing four |
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General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson dies of his wounds and pneumonia at Guinea Station, Virginia |
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Future Michigan Congressman wins the Congressional Medal of Honor at Horseshoe Bend in Kentucky |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Sharp fighting at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on the Cumberland River in Kentucky |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Three thousand pounds of gunpowder explodes at a cartridge factory on New York City's East River |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Congressman Clement Vallandigham denied a writ of "Habeas Corpus" in a Cincinnati court |
| US/the World |
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On the African island of Madagascar, King Radamo and his political allies are murdered in a coup led by his Prime Minister |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Baggage master killed in the wreck of a Michigan Central passenger train near Chicago |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Mississippi, Grant's advance on Vicksburg continues with victory at the Battle of Raymond |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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The American Tract Society holds its 38th Annual Meeting in New York City |
| Settlers/Immigrants |
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In Montana, Crow Indians attack the fifteen men of John Stuart's Big Horn Expedition killing several |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The new Confederate National Flag flies for the first time over the Confederate Capitol in Richmond |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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The well-to-do women of Springfield, Illinois form a "Loyal Ladies League" |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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The American Temperance Union holds its annual meeting in New York City |
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A powerful Union naval bombardment fails to silence the defenses of Port Hudson, Louisiana |
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General H.G. Berry, Chancellorsville casualty, is buried in his home town of Rockland, Maine |
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Grant's Union Army captures Jackson, the state capital of Mississippi |
