Major Byron Cutcheon was in command of the 20th Michigan Infantry during the fight at Horseshoe Bend in Kentucky when Union troops faced a superior force of Confederate cavalry under General John Hunt Morgan.  To consolidate the defense line, Union commander Colonel R. Jacobs ordered an attack on a large farm house nearby.  Cutcheon led this attack and won the Medal of Honor, the day before his 27th birthday.  He later served in the U.S. Congress from Michigan.  (By John Osborne)

At Horseshoe Bend on the Cumberland River in Kentucky, around 400 hundred Union troops were attacked by the 4000 men under General John Hunt Morgan.  A sharp encounter was waged all day and Hunt called upon Union commander Colonel Richard T. Jacob to surrender. Jacob replied for Hunt to "come and take him" and the fighting continued until the Union troops made a withdrawal in good order across the Cumberland River.  (By John Osborne)

In the early morning hours in York, England, a patrolling policeman discovered a fire in a factory.  Despite the work of all three city fire engines, the flames spread to a large number of surrounding buildings, including a Wesleyan School.  The factory and the school buildings were among the structures completely destroyed.  No serious injuries were reported, however.  (By John Osborne)