Irving Carson, war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, was decapitated by cannon fire on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh, just a few feet from Union commander, Ulysses Grant.  Carson was one of only two known war correspondents killed as a result of enemy action during the American Civil War.  The other was L. Walter Buckingham of the New York Herald who died in Virginia, June 23, 1863 (By John Osborne) 

Lynde Walter Buckingham, a war correspondent for the New York Herald, was with the rearguard of the federal cavalry following the mounted clashes in Loudoun County, Virginia when a sudden attack by Mosby's Confederate guerrillas unhorsed and severely injured him. He was taken to the nearby Mount Zion Church but soon died.  Fellow correspondent Alfred Waud of Harper's Weekly arranged for his burial in the churchyard there. Buckingham was one of only three civilian journalists killed by enemy action during the American Civil War.  (By John Osborne) 

The New York newspapers reported the lynching of an African-American male in Newburgh, New York, about sixty miles to the north up the Hudson River.  The victim had been arrested for the rape of a Irish immigrant servant girl.  In the evening a large group of men took him from the city jail and after beating him severely, hanged him the jail yard.  (By John Osborne) 

The New York Cricket Club hosted the Willow Cricket Club for a two innings match at its home ground in Hoboken, New Jersey.  Both teams fielded their "second elevens." Batting first, the host secured a first innings lead of fourteen runs but then amassed a significant total of 140 in the second.  The visitors were unable to overcome this and lost by 71 runs.  (By John Osborne) 

The Hudson River steamboat Mary Powell, with Captain A.L. Anderson at the helm, travelled upriver from New York City to Poughkeepsie, New York in a new record time of three hours and forty-two minutes, including several landings along the way.  The vessel left New York at 3:30 p.m. and moored at Poughkeepsie at exactly 7:12 p.m. (By John Osborne) 

In the Missouri State Convention meeting in Jefferson City, Missouri, the hammering out of a final resolution on the future of slavery in the state continued.  Amendments that reduced the ending date for slavery from July 4, 1876 to July 4, 1868 were carried by a final vote of 51 to 32.  The measure, which provided compensation for slaveholders, was radically changed the following year when Radical Republicans took control of the state.  (By John Osborne) 

While consecrating the new Catholic Church of St. Teresa at the corner of Rutgers and Henry Streets in New York City, the Archbishop of New York, John Joseph Hughes, gave his thoughts on war and peace in his sermon before a large gathering.  His remarks inferred that the Confederacy were responsible for the continued bloodshed, saying that it only took one side to make a war but two sides to create a peace.  One side, he said, started the war and that side now does not want peace. (By John Osborne)

The new Hudson River tugboat Greenwood, built recently in Philadelphia, was making its way up the river with a heavy tow for the very first time when its boiler exploded opposite Barrytown, New York.  Seven people were killed, including the captain, Henry Briggs, four of the crew, a black crewman's wife, and a captain in one of the barges being towed.  The new tug was a complete loss.  (By John Osborne)

Arthur Ingram Boreman was inaugurated as the first governor of the new state of West Virginia in celebrations at Wheeling.  The new state had first voted to seperate from Virginia in October 1861 and the area had been governed by a committee headed by Francis Pierpont since.  The new constitution, which included the clause gradually abolishing slavery that President Lincoln had requested, was passed on March 26, 1863.  A Republican, Boreman served as governor till early 1869 and subsequently as U.S. Senator from 1869 to 1975.  (By John Osborne)