| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Johnson appoints Lewis E. Parsons, Sr. as provisional governor of Alabama |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Still fighting, the C.S.S. Shenandoah begins its campaign to destroy the American whaling fleet |
| Science/Technology |
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The S.S. Great Eastern begins her new career as a telegraphic cable layer, beginning with the Atlantic Cable |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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General Stand Watie, Cherokee and Confederate cavalryman, becomes the last C.S.A. general to surrender |
| Personal |
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Prominent United States Navy hero Samuel Francis Du Pont dies suddenly in Philadelphia |
| US/the World |
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Famed Mexican Republican guerrilla leader, Manuel Garcia Pueblita, is killed in central Mexico |
| Personal |
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In Auburn, New York, Francis Adeline Seward, wife of the Secretary of State William Seward, is laid to rest |
| Education/Culture |
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The Great North-Western Sanitary Fair closes in Chicago, Illinois having raised $270,000 |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Philadelphia, Fourth of July fireworks put on a display a week early when a merchant's establishment burns |
| Crime/Disasters |
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The New York bound immigrant ship "William Nelson" burns in mid-ocean and hundreds are lost |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Washington, a major military reorganization divides the nation into five large military districts |
| Personal |
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Robert E. Lee and his family leave Richmond to spend summer in the Virginia countryside |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In the far north Pacific, the last Confederate raider decimates the American whaling fleet in a single day |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Winchester, a mass meeting of area Unionists protests the return of Confederates to office in Virginia |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Near Buffalo, New York, fire destroys a large iron works and a nearby railroad bridge |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the Commission in the Lincoln conspiracy trial begin their deliberations |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Wisconsin, at least seventeen people die as a killer tornado devastates the village of Viroqua in Vernon County |
| Science/Technology |
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In Washington, D.C., oppressive heat is reported, along with thunderstorms |
| Crime/Disasters |
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A series of storms causes heavy damage to crops, farms, and railroads in northern Iowa |
| Education/Culture |
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In Massachusetts, Williams College beats visiting Princeton at baseball, 30-17 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Johnson appoints Benjamin Franklin Perry as provisional governor of South Carolina |
| Crime/Disasters |
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A powerful storm strikes Philadelphia and causes heavy damage, including the bringing down of a church steeple |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In New York, a passenger train on the Hudson River Line derails and injuries are reported, one fatal |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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In England, William Booth preaches for the first time in East London, where he will found the Salvation Army |
| Business/Industry |
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In Washington D.C., the planned reopening of Ford's Theater causes public and governmental consternation |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Washington, D.C., Mary Harris goes on trial for the sensational murder of her former lover at the Treasury building |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The cornerstone is laid for the Soldiers' Monument at Gettysburg's National Soldiers' Cemetery |
| Education/Culture |
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In Boston, Massachusetts unveils a statue of educational reformer Horace Mann at the State Capitol |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Nashville, Tennessee, notorious Confederate guerrilla leader, Champ Ferguson is arraigned for murder |
| Crime/Disasters |
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At the Baltimore depot, the presidential rail car, the President not aboard, collides with a freight train |
