Disorder at the Common Council Meeting, City Hall, New York City, January 10, 1867, artist's impression.

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Disgraceful scene at the meeting of the Common Council of New York City, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, on Thursday, Jan. 10.
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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 26, 1867, 289.

The Fetterman Fight, Dakota Territory, December 21,1866, artist's impression, further detail.

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The Massacre of United States troops by the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, near Fort Philip Kearny, Dakotah Territory, December 22, 1866
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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 19, 1867, 281.

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Cropped from the fuller and larger zoomable image, also available here.

The Fetterman Fight, Dakota Territory, December 21,1866, artist's impression, zoomable image, detail.

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The Massacre of United States troops by the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, near Fort Philip Kearny, Dakotah Territory, December 22, 1866
Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 19, 1867, 281.

Source note

Cropped from the fuller zoomable image, also available here.

The Fetterman Fight, Dakota Territory, December 21,1866, artist's impression, zoomable image.

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 7, 2016.
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The Massacre of United States troops by the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, near Fort Philip Kearny, Dakotah Territory, December 22, 1866
Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 19, 1867, 281.

Fatal house fire, Davenport, Indiana, December 9, 1866, artist's impression.

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 7, 2016.
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Shocking Calamity at Davenport, Indiana.
Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 5, 1867, 253.

A powerful hurricane strikes the coast of Louisiana.

A powerful hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico struck the coast of Louisiana.  Damage included several lighthouses near the shore.  The Southwest Reef Lighthouse, on a platform at the head of the  Atchafalaya Bay, near Berwick, Louisiana was heavily damaged and the Shell Keys Lighthouse south of Marsh Island, Louisiana was completely swept away and its lighthouse keeper presumed drowned.  (By John Osborne)

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On Lake Ontario, a steamboat burns and twenty-three lives are lost.

The sternwheel steamboat Wisconsin took fire on Lake Ontario near Grenadier Island while bound west from Ogdensburg, New York.  The fire resisted all efforts at control and the captain headed with all speed towards the shore while preparing to lower boats for passengers and crew.  Before the grounding could be made, however, two boats were launched prematurely and capsized, drowning those aboard.  In all, four crewmen and nineteen passengers lost their lives in the incident and the grounded Wisconsin burned to the waterline.  (By John Osborne)

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Two steamboats collide on the St. Clair River in Michigan and one sinks with loss of life.

On the St. Clair River on the Michigan border with Canada between Lakes Huron and St. Clair, the steamer Lac La Belle collided with the Milwaukee, another steamboat.  The Lac La Belle came off worst in the impact and sank with all her cargo and the lives of two of her crew.  The financial loss was estimated at $163,000.  (By John Osborne)

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In Alabama, a steamboat burns on the Black Warrior River and several passengers lose their lives.

The steamboat Montgomery, bound from Tuscaloosa to Mobile in Alabama on the Black Warrior River with a load of cotton, had a cookhouse fire spread quickly to the entire vessel killing several passengers.  The vessel made the riverbank and the remainder of those aboard escaped but the boat and its cargo were completely destroyed.  Losses were estimated at $88,000.  (By John Osborne)

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In Alabama, a New Orleans bound steamboat is destroyed by fire and at least four people die.

The steamboat Sunny South was making its way on the Alabama River from Montgomery, Alabama to its eventual destination of New Orleans, Louisiana when fire broke out aboard, probably in the cookhouse.  At least four people aboard were burned to death or drowned and the vessel burned to the waterline, completely destroying its main cargo of 800 bales of cotton worth $150,000.  (By John Osborne)

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