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On the Mississippi, a steamboat explosion kills up to ten people, including Ohio infantrymen heading home |
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In Maryland, thousands of German-Americans are attending a three day "Schutzen Fest" held in Baltimore |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Connecticut, a passenger train hits a cow and several carriages are derailed with injuries but no fatalities |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Henry Wirz, former commandant of the Andersonville prison camp, goes on trial in Washington |
| Crime/Disasters |
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At the Capitol, the trial of Henry Wirz, former Andersonville prison commandant, continues in Washington |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Pennsylvania, a massive head-on collision on the Oil Creek Railroad kills up to nine people and injures many more |
| Education/Culture |
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In Philadelphia, the city's boat clubs, "the Schuylkill Navy," hold their first regatta since the outbreak of the Civil War |
| US/the World |
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In southern England, an international naval festival opens off the Royal Navy's base at Portsmouth |
| Business/Industry |
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In Philadelphia, the Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon closes its doors |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Outside New York City, two passenger trains on the Long Island Railroad collide head-on killing five people |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Wyoming, U.S. troops scatter a large Arapaho village on the Tongue River |
| US/the World |
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In San Salvador, former El Salvador president Gerardo Barrios is executed at dawn |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Richmond, a public demonstration of Virginia's loyalty to the Union is held on the Capitol grounds |
| Business/Industry |
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In Chicago, the new impressive offices of the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade are inaugurated |
| Education/Culture |
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The annual North American festival of German-American "Turner" clubs is held in Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Famous American poet, Hannah Flagg Gould, dies at her home in Massachusetts |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Turkey, a fire in Constantinople destroys much of the historic Stamboul section of the city |
| Crime/Disasters |
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At Camp Chase in Ohio, two Union deserters who murdered the assistant Provost Marshal of the Seventeenth District are executed |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, several steamboats are burned at the Monongahela Docks in a disastrous fire |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Alabama holds an elected State Convention to plan for the state's return to full national participation |
| Education/Culture |
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Two New York yachts with very wealthy owners compete in an ocean race off Long Island |
| Science/Technology |
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Tied to their docks in the New York's East River, two naval ships begin extensive boiler tests |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Nashville, closing arguments begin at the two-month trial of notorious Confederate guerrilla leader Champ Ferguson |
| Education/Culture |
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The thirty-sixth annual fair of the American Institute opens in New York City |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Near New Haven, Connecticut's 2nd National Guard Regiment winds up its annual camp with a dress parade |
| US/the World |
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In Dublin, Irish police seize the offices of the Fenian Brotherhood's newspaper, the Irish People. |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Maine, a train carrying seven hundred returning Maine soldiers runs a gauntlet of fire through Cedar Swamp |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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The United States Universalist Convention for 1865 meets in Middletown, Connecticut |
| Business/Industry |
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At a great celebration in Cedar Falls, ground is broken on the ambitious Iowa Central Railraod |
| Education/Culture |
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The monument to Thomas Wildey, founder of the Odd Fellows in America, is dedicated in Baltimore, Maryland |
