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In Kentucky, Union troops capture Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner's furniture |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Court martial convicts General Joseph Revere, grandson of the patriot, for his retreat at Chancellorsville |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Tennessee, Julius Mileke, Union Army deserter, is executed at a public crossroads outside Nashville |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Frederick Douglass speaks at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn |
| Education/Culture |
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In Paris, Manet's revolutionary painting "Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe" is exhibited for the first time |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Lincoln commutes the death sentence of an Indiana private soldier caught sleeping on guard |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Ohio, General Burnside executes two Confederate officers arrested in Kentucky for spying |
| Crime/Disasters |
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U.S. Navy prize caught running the Charleston blockade sinks off North Carolina on its way to Boston |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Mississippi, the Army of the Tennessee wins a pivotal battle at Champion Hill and moves on to Vicksburg |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Albany, New York, soldiers attack a public meeting protesting the arrest of Clement Vallandigham |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union forces withdraw from the Mississippi state capital of Jackson after inflicting heavy damage |
| Crime/Disasters |
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One man killed and two others injured in a fireworks factory explosion in Queens County, New York |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The Mexican city of Puebla surrenders to the French after a sixty-two day siege |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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At the Big Black River Bridge, Union troops sweep aside a blocking force covering the Confederate retreat to Vicksburg |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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On the Mississippi, the Union's Army of the Tennessee completely surrounds Vicksburg |
| Crime/Disasters |
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U.S. Navy sailing vessel strikes a reef off Haiti and is lost though all the crew survive |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Dixon, Illinois, four thousand Union supporters dedicate a new Unionist meeting hall |
| Education/Culture |
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In New Jersey, a clandestine bareknuckle prize fight ends in mayhem |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The Union's Army of the Tennessee attempts the storming of Vicksburg but is beaten back |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Meeting in Washington DC demands protection for black Union prisoners of war |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In western New York State, a bridge collapses under an express train, killing one and injuring several |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Lincoln banishes Congressman Clement Vallandigham to the Confederacy |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Cleveland, Ohio, thousands hear speeches at a mass meeting of the National Union League |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Indiana's Democrats hold a mass meeting at their convention in Indianapolis |
| Education/Culture |
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At Epsom in southern England, Macaroni wins the eighty-fourth running of the Derby |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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General John Schofield replaces abolitionist General Samuel Curtis in the Department of the Missouri |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Louisiana, Union forces advance to surround the Mississippi River fortress at Port Hudson |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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The Seventh Day Adventist Church formally organizes |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Second Union attempt to take Vicksburg by infantry assault ends in bloody failure with 500 dead |
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In Virginia, General J.E.B. Stuart holds the first of several "Grand Reviews" of his entire cavalry force |
