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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee finds the evidence insufficient to expel Indiana Senator Jesse Bright |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Columbus, National Union Democrat David Tod is sworn in as the 25th Governor of Ohio |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In northern Delaware, a work train crashes into the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, killing seven |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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U.S. Senate confirms Edwin M. Stanton's nomination as Secretary of War on a vote of 36-2 |
| Science/Technology |
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Full moon shines over eastern United States |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In northern England, salmon poachers kill a "water-watcher" |
| Crime/Disasters |
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The Hartley Colliery disaster in north-east England kills more than two hundred British coal miners |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The U.S. Senate votes 26-14 to confirm Simon Cameron as the new ambassador to Russia |
| Personal |
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John Tyler, 10th United States President, dies in his hotel room in Richmond, Virginia, aged 71 |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In eastern Kentucky, Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Mill Spring |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Secretary of War E.M. Stanton orders appointment of Union commissioners to visit Southern prisons |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Almost 40,000 Missourians are now in Union uniform, according to state reports |
| Business/Industry |
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Agoston Haraszthy brings 100,000 vine cuttings from Europe to the vineyards of northern California |
| Education/Culture |
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In Washington DC, President and Mrs. Lincoln attend an evening of Verdi and Bellini opera |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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St. Louis southern sympathizer contests local tax to help refugees and lands in jail, with his lawyer |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In the English port of Southampton, sailors from Confederate and Union warships brawl in a pub |
| Personal |
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American novelist and essayist Edith Wharton is born into a wealthy family in New York City |
| Crime/Disasters |
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After eight days, rescuers at the Hartley Colliery disaster find the remains of 199 men and boys |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The U.S. Senate votes 38-1 to confirm Noah Haynes Swayne of Ohio to the U.S. Supreme Court |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The U.S. Navy sinks a second "stone fleet" to block another channel in Charleston Harbor |
| Personal |
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Robert E. Lee appoints Edward Warren as Medical Inspector of the Department of Northern Virginia |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Scotland, children playing with railway switches cause a fatal accident on the Scottish Northeastern Railway |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Prince William's County, a night of entertainment ends in death for ten Texas cavalrymen |
| US/the World |
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The Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell finally arrive in England |
| Science/Technology |
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John Ericsson's new ironclad is launched in New York |
| Science/Technology |
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Massachusetts astronomer Alvan Clark discovers the new star now called "Sirius B" |
| Education/Culture |
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Verses of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" published anonymously in the Atlantic Monthly |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Massachusetts court orders six men to trial for the August tarring and feathering of a Haverhill editor |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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On the Tennessee River, Union forces deploy for an assault on Forts Henry and Donelson |
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Watched by the U.S.S. Tuscarora, the Confederate warship Nashville sails from Southampton |
