| Settlers/Immigrants |
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In Idaho, the future territorial and state capital city of Boise is founded |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Mission of Confederate Vice-President Stephens seeks negotiations on prisoners |
| Personal |
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Jennie Wade, killed the morning before, is buried in a temporary grave in Gettysburg |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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At the port town of Helena, Arkansas, defenders inflict heavy losses on a Confederate assault |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Lincoln rejects Confederate Vice-President Stephens' offer to negotiate on prisoners |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Confederate authorities select two Union officer prisoners for a retaliatory execution at Libby Prison |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The retreating Army of Virginia reaches the Potomac and finds it flooded and impassable |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union forces pursue Lee's into Maryland and Stuart's covering Confederates clash with Union cavalry |
| Business/Industry |
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With the Mississippi River open again to traffic, the steamboat Imperial departs St Louis for New Orleans |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Louisiana, General N.P. Banks accepts the surrender of Port Hudson after a seven week siege |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union troops land on Morris Island and fail in a dawn attack on Fort Wagner |
| US/the World |
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In Mexico, a French-appointed Assembly declares an empire and offers the throne to Archduke Maximillian |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Indiana, Confederate cavalry under John Hunt Morgan sack the towns of Salem and Vienna |
| Business/Industry |
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Diminutive Norwegian cargo vessel crosses the stormy North Atlantic to deliver goods to Chicago |
| US/the World |
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Off the island of Honshu, Japanese anti-Western factions fire on a visiting Dutch warship |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Virginia, Jack Skelly, soldier fiance of the late Jennie Wade, dies of his wounds |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union troops occupy Natchez, Mississippi, further ensuring the opening of the Mississippi River |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan leaves Indiana and crosses into Ohio |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In New York City, violent protests against the Draft Lottery develop swiftly into four days of deadly rioting |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania ends when Lee's troops slip away across the Potomac in the night |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Rioters in New York City loot and burn the Colored Orphans' Asylum on Fifth Avenue |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Federal cavalry defeat the rearguard of Lee's army at Falling Waters but the main force escapes |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Rioters brutally beat, torture, and kill Colonel Henry F. O'Brian, commander of the 11th New York Volunteers |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Washington D.C. suspends the draft in the riot-stricken city of New York |
| US/the World |
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In the Shimoneseki Straights, the U.S.S. Wyoming attacks Japanese anti-western naval units |
| Business/Industry |
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The steamboat Imperial arrives in New Orleans from St. Louis, the first since early 1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Indian Territory, Native American and African-American troops attack overrun Confederate supply base |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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On Morris Island, South Carolina, Confederate defenders of Fort Wagner beat back a second heavy attack |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The African-American 54th Massachusetts earns fame across the North with its brave attempt to storm Fort Wagner |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Sergeant William H. Carney becomes the first African-American to win the Congressional Medal of Honor |
