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In Scotland, Scottish golfer Tom Morris wins the second ever Open Chanpionship |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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General Frémont consolidates his forces and moves against the Confederate invasion of Missouri with five divisions |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Confederate troops abandon Munson's Hill, overlooking Washington, DC |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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The Union, by presidential proclamation, holds a day of "humiliation, prayer, and fasting" for the nation |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union troops advancing in darkness on Munson's Hill fire on each other, killing nine and wounding twenty-five |
| Business/Industry |
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William Wrigley, Jr., founder of Wrigley's Gum and famous owner of the Chicago Cubs born in Philadelphia |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Confederate gunboats seize Union steamer off North Carolina, capturing Indiana and New York troops aboard |
| Education/Culture |
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Moncure Conway publishes "The Rejected Stone" arguing for emancipation |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Missouri, U.S. Army officials seize $33,000 of Cherokee Nation funds held in St. Louis banks |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In western Virginia, a Union reconnaissance in strength clashes with Confederates on the Green Brier River |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Complaints are made in the New York press over the condition of C.S.A. prisoners held in the city |
| Personal |
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Famous American western artist and sculptor Frederic Remington is born in Canton, New York |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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On the North Carolina coast, a Confederate amphibious assault captures a Union camp at Chicomacomico |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In North Carolina, a Union counter-attack drives back a Confederate force in the "Chicomacomico Races" |
| US/the World |
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In Russia, rioting students close down the University of St. Petersburg |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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William Tecumseh Sherman takes command of the Department of the Cumberland, replacing Robert Anderson |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The Union garrison on Santa Rosa Island in Florida beats off a Confederate attack on Fort Pickens |
| Personal |
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In Norway, Nobel Prize winning polar explorer, diplomat, and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen is born near Olso |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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United States Navy raiding party crosses the Potomac and destroys a Confederate schooner in Dumfries Creek |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Confederate naval units stage a dawn attack on the U.S. Navy squadron blockading New Orleans |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Off the Tortugas, the U.S.S. Keystone State captures a Confederate blockade runner bound for Florida |
| Education/Culture |
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The United States Navy celebrates the eighty-fifth anniversary of its founding |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Secretary of State Seward urges Great Lakes governors to fortify their lakeside ports against foreign threats |
| US/the World |
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Confederate diplomats James Mason and John Slidell slip through the Charleston blockade bound for Europe |
| Education/Culture |
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In New York City, the Bellevue Hospital Medical College opens its first regular term |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Confederate Post Office issues its first postage stamps, bearing the likeness of Jefferson Davis |
| US/the World |
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Off the British coast, the Royal Navy's new ocean going iron warship breaks records at her speed trials |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Philadelphia, the Committee on the Safety and Defense of the City reports on its preparations |
| Science/Technology |
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In Utah, the telegraph reaches Salt Lake City and Brigham Young sends a message to President Lincoln |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Australia, aboriginals kill seventeen settlers in a remote area of Queensland |
