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Baltimore rioters mount a deadly attack on the Sixth Massachusetts in the streets of the city |
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Marylanders in sympathy with the South burn railroad bridges linking Philadelphia with Washington DC |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Remarkable gathering of 100,000 New Yorkers in Union Square in support of suppressing the rebellion |
| Carlisle/Dickinson |
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First company of volunteers from Carlisle, Pennsylvania leaves for training, equipment, and service |
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In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a public meeting condemns the South and strongly supports the war |
| Education/Culture |
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At Dickinson College, the Junior and Senior classes request the end of term be brought forward |
| Carlisle/Dickinson |
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In Pennsylvania, the Carlisle Fencibles are officially mustered in as Pennsylvania Volunteers |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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North Carolina authorities seize the branch United States Mint in Charlotte |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Philadelphia, the empty Girard House Hotel becomes a giant army uniform factory |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Knoxville, editor "Parson" Brownlow famously rejects invitation to enlist in Confederate army |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Philadelphia's enlistments since the attack on Fort Sumter approach ten thousand |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Kansas, Leavenworth's ordinance against hogs running wild in the streets comes into effect |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Pennsylvania suffers its first war fatality when a Philadelphia militiaman hurt in the Baltimore Riot dies |
| Carlisle/Dickinson |
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In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the Democratic newspaper swings into line in support of the war |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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U.S. Government takes over the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Delaware Railroad |
| Carlisle/Dickinson |
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In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, James Colwell is appointed first lieutenant of the Carlisle Fencibles |
| Education/Culture |
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At Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, students are leaving for home in large numbers |
| Science/Technology |
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In Milan, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli discovers the 69 Hesperia asteroid |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Three new federal army departments are formed |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Kansas, a destructive fire causes heavy damage to a block in Leavenworth's business district |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Congress of the Confederate States opens a special session session in Montgomery, Alabama |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Frederick, Maryland, the state's House of Delegates votes down secession |
| Education/Culture |
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In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Dickinson College students are finding it difficult to attend class |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in special session session in Montgomery, Alabama |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Bodies of 6th Massachusetts soldiers killed in Baltimore return to Boston |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Boston, family members officially identify the bodies of the Massachusetts soldiers killed in Baltimore |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Lincoln's twenty day grace period for the rebellion to "disperse" expires |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union troops seize and fortify the Relay House on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad in Maryland |
| US/the World |
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In Parliament, the British foreign secretary declares the Confederacy at war with the Union |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Vermont repeals its Personal Liberty Law |
