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Mexico suspends interest payments on it foreign debts and causes consternation in Europe |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The first pitched battle of the war between armies results in a Union disaster at Bull Run |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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U.S. Navy recaptures the Boston schooner "Enchantress" taken as a Confederate prize two weeks before |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Congress, John J. Crittenden introduces his half of a resolution limiting Union war aims |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In the Senate, Andrew Johnson introduces his half of the joint resolution limiting Union war aims |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Senate passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution that limits U.S. war aims to saving the Union |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Another great warehouse fire breaks out on the London Docks |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The United States Army abolishes flogging as a punishment |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The early first session of the 37th Congress ends in Washington, DC |
| US/the World |
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Great Britain declares Lagos (Nigeria) to be a Crown colony |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Lincoln signs the First Confiscation Act authorizing the seizure of slaves aiding the Confederacy |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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At Wilson's Creek in Missouri, a bold Union attack is thrown back and General Nathaniel Lyon killed |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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With a presidential proclamation, Abraham Lincoln calls for a day of "humiliation, prayer, and fasting" |
| Science/Technology |
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Eliphalet Remington, founder of Remington Arms, dies in New York, aged sixty nine years |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Editor of a Southern-leaning newspaper tarred and feathered in Haverhill, Massachusetts |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Slave owning Philadelphian Pierce Butler, former husband of Fanny Kemble, arrested for treason |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Wheeling Convention of the western Virginia counties passes an ordinance setting up a new state |
| US/the World |
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Queen Victoria makes her third visit to Ireland |
| US/the World |
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Chinese Emperor Xian Feng dies at his summer palace in northern China, aged thirty |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The first of the six new warships Congress appropriated for at the start of the war is launched in Philadelphia |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In southern England, two passenger trains collide in a railway tunnel, killing twenty-four and injuring hundreds |
| US/the World |
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The King of the Hawaiian Islands announces his kingdom's neutrality in the American War |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Virginia regiments surround, defeat, and scatter the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Cross Lanes, Virginia |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In northern England, British law hangs the last man in its history for the crime of attempted murder |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In North Carolina, a combined federal army and navy operation bombards and captures coastal forts |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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General John C. Fremont declares martial law in Missouri and orders emancipation of slaves in the state |
| Crime/Disasters |
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The third serious warehouse fire of the summer on the London Docks kills two and injures several others |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Earthquake shakes Virginia, North Carolina, and Ohio |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union troops defeat Confederate units in a brief skirmish at the Boone County Court House in western Virginia |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Loaded passenger/cargo ship burns in New York's North River |
