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The former C.S.S. Atlanta sails from the Philadelphia Naval Yard to join the Union fleet as U.S.S. Atlanta |
| Education/Culture |
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"Banjo" Patterson, Australian poet and author of "Waltzing Mathilda" is born in the New South Wales outback |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Charleston Harbor, the C.S.S. H.L. Hunley attacks and sinks the first ship ever lost to a submarine |
| Crime/Disasters |
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A massive pre-dawn fire destroys a large section of Gloucester, Massachusetts |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Battle of Olustee, February 20, 1864 |
| Personal |
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Isaac Cole enlists in the 32nd USCT Regiment in Reading, Pennsylvania |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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In Baltimore, the first Catholic Church exclusively for the use of African-Americans is dedicated |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Australian ship sinks in a storm in the Pacific, survivors reached land three weeks later barely alive |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Off the coast of Maine, a passenger ship from Liverpool runs on to rocks, and twenty lives are lost |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In London, British authorities execute five seamen for murder on the high seas |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In the Senate, a Kentucky senator proposes the immediate discharging of all African-American troops |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Georgia, the first Union prisoners arrive at the soon to be notorious prison camp at Andersonville |
| Education/Culture |
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In Boston, Rebecca Davis Lee graduates as the first female African-American medical doctor |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In the U.S. Senate. Kentuckian Garrett Davis proposes combining six New England states into just two. |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In New Orleans, Michael Hahn is inaugurated as the first elected post-Confederate governor of Louisiana |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Union Square in New York City, the 20th U. S. C. T. receives its colors and departs for New Orleans |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Famous former blockade runner, now a U.S. Navy patrol vessel, sunk in a collision off North Carolina |
| US/the World |
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King Maximilian II dies suddenly in Munich and is succeeded by his son, who becomes Ludwig II |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In northern England, the breaking of the Dale Dyke Dam causes catastrophic death and destruction |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Ulysses Simpson Grant is formally named commander of all Union Armies, with rank of Lieutenant-General |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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On the Red River, Union troops storm the formidable Fort De Russy in twenty minutes |
| US/the World |
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In the Battle of Jasmund, the Prussian Navy fails in an effort to break the Danish blockade of Prussia |
| Education/Culture |
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On the River Thames outside London, Oxford takes the twenty-first Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race |
| Science/Technology |
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First day of Spring |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Palm Sunday |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington, President Lincoln signs the bill enabling the statehood of the Nevada Territory |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Philadelphia, a Massachusetts colonel dispenses rough justice to a tavern owner for selling his men liquor |
| Education/Culture |
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The Louisiana pianist Louis Gottschalk plays for President Lincoln at a concert in Willard's Hotel. |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Good Friday |
| Personal |
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Owen Lovejoy dies in New York City |
