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More than a thousand names are drawn in the resumed Draft Lottery in New York's Sixteenth Ward |
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The Battle of Chattanooga, August 21, 1863 |
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In Tennessee, retreating Confederates cut the vital rail link between Nashville and Chattanooga |
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In Charleston Harbor, Massachusetts troops clear the advanced rifle pits in front of Fort Wagner |
| Science/Technology |
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British scientists estimate the country's coal reserves will last 930 years at present levels of consumption |
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The troops of the Pennsylvania Reserve present General George Meade with a valuable sword in recognition of his leadership |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Virginia, five deserters from the 118th Pennsylvania are executed before the entire V Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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An experimental Confederate submarine sinks in Charleston Harbor during a training accident, killing five |
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An experimental Confederate submarine sinks in Charleston Harbor during a training accident, killing five |
| US/the World |
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The British Prime Minister orders the detention of two recently British-built vessels for the Confederacy |
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In Charleston Harbor, a night attack by Union small boats on Battery Gregg is easily repulsed |
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In Charleston Harbor, after months of bloody attacks and meticulous siege, Union troops occupy Fort Wagner |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The Confederate garrisons of Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg abandon their defense and slip away in the night |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Charleston Harbor, Confederate Fort Moultrie suffers a massive magazine explosion under U.S. Navy gunfire |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In northern Virginia, units of the Army of the Potomac pass in review before their commander, General Meade |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Texas, the Confederate fort defending the Sabine Pass defeats a far superior Union amphibious attack |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union forces under General Burnside occupy the Cumberland Gap |
| US/the World |
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A 6000-man rebel army captures the city of Santiago in Spanish-ruled Santo Domingo |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union cavalry capture Culpeper, Virginia after a sharp mounted action through the town |
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Moving out from newly captured Culpeper, Virginia, Union cavalry units probe Confederate positions |
| US/the World |
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Rebels in Spanish-ruled Santo Domingo make a new declaration of independence |
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In Georgia, advancing Union forces suffer a very heavy defeat near Chickamauga Creek |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The cornerstone of the Soldiers' Monument is laid at Hampton National Cemetery in Virginia. |
| US/the World |
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Mexican conservatives ask Austrian prince Maximilian to become Emperor of Mexico |
| Science/Technology |
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Alfred Nobel takes out his first patent for nitro-glycerine in Sweden |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The experimental Confederate submarine, H.L. Hunley again sinks in Charleston Harbor during trials, drowning eight men |
| Crime/Disasters |
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French ship founders in the Atlantic but the fortunate passengers and crew are rescued by an American vessel |
| Education/Culture |
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In London, the Football Association, the first governing body of its kind in the world, is founded |
| US/the World |
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In Glasgow, Scotland, the British-built "Pampero," planned for the Confederate Navy, is launched |
| US/the World |
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The new, seventeen year-old King George arrives in Athens to begin a popular and successful fifty year reign |
