In the continuing "Snake War" in the Pacific North West, two companies of the Fourteenth U.S. Infantry, under the command of Captain John Hobart Walker fought an engagement with Native Americans around a village near Jordan Creek in north-eastern Oregon to restore stolen property. Regimental records indicate Walker lost one man killed and one wounded while the Shoshone lost eighteen killed and two wounded. (By John Osborne) 

In Boston, the Governor's Executive Council pardoned six Melrose, Massachusetts men who had been tried the previous April for tarring and feathering a man who had celebrated the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.  They had been convicted and each fined $300.  The Council, which advised the governor on pardons and appointments, ordered them pardoned and the fines returned.  (By John Osborne) 

The annual elections in New Hampshire resulted in victory for the Republican ticket across much of the state. Former mayor of Manchester Frederick Smyth was re-elected as governor with an increased share of the vote. Republicans also increased their majority in the state legislature.  (By John Osborne) 

Miss Susannah Evans, a Welsh temperance advocate, began making appearances in the United States during the later years of the Civil War, while still fifteen years old.  When she spoke in Chicago on this day, at the Smith and Nixon's Hall in Chicago, she was still just seventeen and one of the most sought after temperance lecturers on either side of the Atlantic.  (By John Osborne) 

The four counts sworn out against Lawrence Baker stemmed from his investigation into corrupt "pardon brokers" who frequented the White House.  With what Baker claimed was the support of President Johnson, the notorious Mr. Lucy Cobb complained of being falsely detained and robbed of a commission.  At the January 1866 trial the jury found Baker guilty on one count of false imprisonment but the judge fined him just one dollar and discharged him.  (By John Osborne)  

The trial of the former head of the National Police, Lafayette C. Baker, for false imprisonment and extortion began at the Criminal Court in Washington, D.C.. The charges stemmed from his investigation into corrupt "pardon brokers" who frequented the White House.  With what Baker claimed was the support of President Johnson, the notorious Mr. Lucy Cobb had complained of being falsely detained and robbed of a commission.  The jury found Baker guilty on one count of false imprisonment but the judge fined him just one dollar and discharged him.  (By John Osborne)