After the Provost Marshal for four central Ohio counties, Captain James Drake, had been threatened by a group of armed men in Richland Township in Holmes County, 420 men from the 15th Ohio Infantry under Colonel William Wallace were dispatched from Columbus. The troops found a thousand men in an armed encampment and, after a few shots were fired, scattered them. The break-up of "Fort Fizzle" ended serious draft resistance in the county.  (By John Osborne)

The Provost Marshal for four central Ohio counties, Captain James Drake, led a party to investigate the recent stoning of an Enrollment Officer in Richland Township in Holmes County.  He arrested four men but, soon after, armed men surrounded his wagon, freed the prisoners, and threatened to murder Drake if he ever appeared in the county again. Troops arrived in Holmes on June 17, 1863, to break up armed resistance groups.  (By John Osborne)

Continuing their early season tour of the New York City area, the Philadelphia Athletic Club's baseball team played the Atlantic Club of Brooklyn.  The visitors won again, defeating the Atlantic by a score of 21-13.  Press reports indicated a fine game, watched by around 6,000 people. The touring team played again in Brooklyn the next day, at the Union Ground against the Star Club of Brooklyn, again winning handily 37-13 before 2,000 spectators.  (By John Osborne)

In the latest deadly demonstration against the new draft registration in parts of Indiana and around the country, Fletcher Freeman, the federal Enrolling Commissioner for Cass Township in Sullivan County, Indiana was killed as he left his house in the morning.  Federal authorities had already dispatched cavalry units to parts of the state to protect commissioners.  (By John Osborne)

A large fire struck Evansville, Indiana during a day of heavy winds.  A tobacco factory burned, along with $40,000 in raw tobacco, and a neighboring saw mill was also destroyed.  The wind made fire-fighting difficult and another eight houses burned before the fire was brought under control.  (By John Osborne)

All six hundred workers on the Central Railroad Company had struck the previous day for higher wages.  The company, fearing the loss of perishable goods, had quickly agreed to raise the wages of freight laborers.  When they reported for work in the morning, they were met by track laborers angry over their lack of solidarity.  A riot ensued and fifty city police were forced into action. Injuries were reported on both sides.  (By John Osborne)  

An inquest was held into the death of Mrs. Jane Ly Vere of Columbia Street in New York City.  She had died the night before at her home but not before admitting to her family doctor and her husband that she had just had an abortion, her third in several months, and named the abortionist as a Dr. Lines with offices on Thirteenth Street.  The coronor immediately ordered the arrest of the 44 year old doctor, a native of Connecticut.  (By John Osborne)

Against the dramatic backdrop of the Confederate invasion, the Democratic State Convention opened in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with P. Findlay Patterson in the chair.  The gathering nominated Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judge George W. Woodward to run for governor against the popular incumbent Republican Andrew Curtin.  Woodward performed well, however, losing by less than a three percent margin.  (By John Osborne)