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In Copenhagen, Prince William of Denmark formally accepts the throne of Greece |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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On the Mississippi, captain and crew of Confederate steamboat defect to the Union |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Kansas, Confederate guerrillas attack and burn Shawneetown for the second time |
| Crime/Disasters |
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At Nicholasville, Kentucky, a railroad locomotive explodes and kills six Union soldiers |
| US/the World |
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In Japan, anti-western factions, led by Emperor Komei, order the expulsion of all foreigners |
| US/the World |
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French troops enter the Mexican capital after an eighteen month campaign |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Black soldiers and naval gunfire drive off a Confederate attack on Union supply lines at Milliken's Bend |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Louisiana, Texas troops abort the planned attack on Young's Point after a debilitating day long march |
| Personal |
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Union troops ransack the plantation of Jefferson Davis on the Mississippi River below Vicksburg |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Young volunteer officer killed in clash with Sioux Indian raiders in central Minnesota |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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New York City's editors meet to condemn infringements of the free press |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Confederate sailors capture a Union steam tug towing a ship up the Mississippi to New Orleans |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Tennessee, daring Confederate spy mission fails and two are tried and hanged |
| US/the World |
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Dost Mohammed Khan, Amir of Afghanistan, dies in Herat |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The War Department bars the enlistment of men under eighteen without parental approval |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The War Department sets up two new Army Departments for the defense of Pennsylvania |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Thousands of Confederate prisoners arrive in Philadelphia on a single railroad train |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Powder magazine explosion at Fort Lyon in Virginia kills and injures dozens of New York artillerymen |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Thousands of cavalrymen clash at Brandy Station, Virginia, in the largest cavalry battle of the war |
| Personal |
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Dickinson College 1860 graduate Captain John Henry Grabill, CSA, is captured at Brandy Station |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Mason affair results in severe embarrassment for Moncure Conway |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Sixty Confederate officers make a daring escape from steamer carrying them to captivity |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Indiana, sheriff's deputies escorting the federal draft commissioner are fatally ambushed |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Warriors of the Southern Ute tribe ambush mail coach in Utah, kill two |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Raiding into Georgia, former "jayhawker" James Montgomery burns the town of Darien |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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U.S.S. Florida captures the blockade runner Calypso off the North Carolina coast. |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Columbus, Ohio Democrats nominate the banished Clement Vallandigham for governor |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In central Ohio, serious armed resistance to the draft enrollment grows more threatening |
| Education/Culture |
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The New York Yacht Club holds its annual regatta around Manhattan |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Confederate naval units capture the Tacony off the East Coast and convert her into a commerce raider |
