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In north London, another railway excursion accident kills sixteen and injures 320 |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Southern saboteurs cause the wreck of a civilian express train in Missouri, killing twenty |
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Confederate troops invade western Kentucky and bring the state's efforts to remain neutral to an end |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant occupy Paducah, Kentucky on the Ohio River |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Frankfort, the Kentucky House of Representatives votes to hoist the Union flag over the state capitol |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Near New York City, the desertion of an entire company from the New York Rifles ends in a firefight |
| Education/Culture |
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Seneca Indian and American champion runner Deerfoot makes an impressive debut on his tour of Britain |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Lincoln orders General John C. Fremont to modify his emancipation mandate in Missouri |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Federal troops in Maryland swoop to arrest pro-secession legislators, officials, and newspaper editors |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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On the Florida coast, Union sailors and marines raid Pensacola and destroy a Confederate warship there |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Britain, a nineteen year-old private murders his depot commander and his adjutant with one bullet |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Seven ballet dancers burned to death in their dressing room at the Continental Theater in Philadelphia |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union troops push back attacking Virginia units around Harpers Ferry near Pritchard's Mill on the Potomac |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union naval landing parties retake Chandeleur Island in Louisiana off the mouth of the Mississippi |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In England, a boiler explosion in an oil cake mill on the River Thames kills all ten men of a repair crew |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Philadelphia arms itself to resist any Confederate attack on the city |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Confederate forces evacuate Ship Island, off the coast of Mississippi |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In New York City, prominent Catholic editor James A. McMaster arrested and his journal suspended |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Baltimore, federal troops begin a systematic search for arms caches in the city |
| Education/Culture |
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In Hampton, Virginia, Mary Smith Peake teaches her first classes for "contrabands" |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Troop train crashes through a bridge near Huron, Indiana, killing eighteen Illinois soldiers and injuring many more |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Confederate troops surround and capture Lexington, Missouri after a ten day siege |
| Education/Culture |
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New York City's Bellevue Hospital Medical College opens its first term |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Robert Anderson, hero of Fort Sumter, takes command of Kentucky's military forces |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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U.S. Post Office excludes "disloyal" Louisville newspaper from its mails and post offices |
| Personal |
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Emerson Conway, second son of Moncure Conway, is born in Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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At Fort Fauntleroy, New Mexico troops massacre visiting Navajo families, killing twelve and injuring forty |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Washington DC, two French princes join the Union Army on the staff of General McClellan |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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At Point of Rocks, Union troops on the Maryland side skirmish with Confederate units across the Potomac |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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U.S. Navy Secretary Gideon Welles authorizes the enlistment of runaway slaves into the naval service |
