The presidential railway car was involved in a collision with a freight train in the Baltimore rail depot around eight in the evening.  Ailing President Johnson had allowed the use of the carriage for diplomats and dignitaries from Washington to attend the dedication ceremonies at the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania.  Negligence with switches reportedly led to the accident which caused slight damage and resulted in only minor injuries.  (By John Osborne)  

A destructive fire broke out in the afternoon at the Pratt and Company iron works near Buffalo, New York, reportedly thanks to a spark from a passing stream tug.  The entire complex, and an adjoining railroad bridge, was destroyed in a matter of hours, causing at least $175,000 worth of damage and throwing three hundred men out of work.  No serious injuries were reported, however.  (By John Osborne)  

The Williams College Baseball team scored an impressive victory over the visiting Princeton College team, then considered one of the best college teams in the country. The game was played on a warm afternoon under partly cloudly skies before a crowd of around five hundred people.  Behind at one point 13-2, Williams came back to win 30-17. (By John Osborne) 

The storms that had been plaguing the Midwest for some time reached the eastern city of Philadelphia causing heavy damage in parts of the city.  Newspaper accounts reported that strong winds blew down the steeple of the German Reformed Church at the corner of Sixteenth and Green Streets.  The debris fell on neighboring houses but no injuries were reported.  (By John Osborne)

A massive line of storms moved across northern Iowa , including areas west of Cedar Falls.  Crop damage was reported as very heavy and bridges and culverts along the tracks of the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad suffered badly, shutting down large portions of the line. (By John Osborne)    

Frances Adeline Miller Seward had married William Seward in 1824 and was his partner as he progressed from U.S. Senator to Governor of New York and then to the office of Secretary of State, giving birth to five children along the way.  She had died of a heart attack three days before, six weeks after the unsuccessful assassination attempt on her husband, and was buried in Auburn, New York after a service in St. Peter's Church in the town.  She was sixty years old.  (By John Osborne)

Frances Adeline Miller Seward had married William Seward in 1824 and was his partner as he progressed from U.S. Senator to Governor of New York and then to the office of Secretary of State, giving birth to five children along the way.  She died of a heart attack six weeks after the unsuccessful assassination attempt on her husband and was buried in Auburn, New York on June 24, 1865.  She was sixty years old.  (By John Osborne)

A seven-car Hudson River Railroad passenger train on its upriver journey derailed in mid-afternoon near Sing Sing, New York after a switching error.  The locomotive and two other cars were thrown into the Hudson River.  Speed had been reduced and the rear five carriages remained on the tracks after the engineer's attempts to slow further.  Still, one passenger was killed and several more badly injured.  (By John Osborne) 

Former Confederate commander Robert E. Lee and his family were reported to have left their Richmond home for Cartersville, in Cumberland County, Virginia.  They were said to be spending the summer at a small cottage on a farm in the area.  (By John Osborne)