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Confederate raiders infiltrating from Canada attack the Vermont town of St. Albans |
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In Yokohama, Western powers force indemnities from Japanese authorities for interfering with trade |
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At the Quebec Conference, delegates announce their seventy-two resolutions for a united Canada |
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In the Roanoke River, a daring U.S. Navy night raid sinks the Confederate warship Albemarle |
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Union cavalry General George Custer leads a delegation to present captured battle-flags to the War Department |
| US/the World |
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In Austria, Prussia and Austria's victorious war against Denmark comes to an official end with the Treaty of Vienna |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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From the White House in Washington, President Lincoln proclaims Nevada as the Union's 36th state |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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All Souls' Day - The Day of the Dead in the Christian calendar |
| Crime/Disasters |
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British naval vessel is shipwrecked on the Chinese coast with a very heavy loss of life |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Abraham Lincoln is re-elected as President of the United States and Republicans make sweeping electoral gains |
| US/the World |
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In South America, Paraguayan naval units seize a Brazilian steamship and touch off a crisis that will lead to war |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In San Francisco Harbor, the U.S.S. Camanche is finally launched into the waters of the Pacific |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Georgia, General W.T. Sherman and his 62,000 men march out of a burning Atlanta, heading for the sea |
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Sherman's March to the Sea, November 15- December 21, 1864 |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Eighteen years after ground was broken, the new Roman Catholic Basilica of Philadelphia is dedicated |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Edward Bates resigns as Attorney General |
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Powerful gales on the English coast cause heavy losses in ships and lives |
| Education/Culture |
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In Paris, Jules Verne publishes his third novel, relating a scientific expedition to the center of the Earth. |
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In New York City, Confederate agents make an apparent but failed attempt to fire much of Manhattan |
| Education/Culture |
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In New York City, John Wilkes Booth performs with his brothers Edwin and Junius for the only time |
| Education/Culture |
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In England, Charles Dodgson gives Alice Liddell a manuscript entitled "Alice's Adventures Underground." |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Advent Sunday - The first Sunday of Advent, the beginning of the year in the Christian calendar |
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The controversially captured raider C.S.S. Florida sinks off Norfolk, Virginia after a collision |
| Crime/Disasters |
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At Sand Creek in Colorado, territorial volunteers attack encamped Cheyenne and Arapaho, killing hundreds |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Six Confederate generals die in a few hours, leading their troops at the Battle of Franklin |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Outside Franklin, Tennessee, Confederate General Hood wins a tactical victory but decimates his army |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Queensland, Australia, fire destroys much of the colony's main town of Brisbane |
| Legal/Political |
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The second session of the 38th Congress opens in Washington, DC |
| Slavery/Abolition |
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In Philadelphia, black leaders meet with city transport companies to demand desegregation of their streetcars |
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In Rome, Pope Pius IX issues a sweeping condemnation of liberalism, socialism, and the secular state |
