Sep 22 Abrahan Lincoln, the US President, orders American slaves to be freed

Sep 04 North Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF

Sep 17 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War

Sep 24 Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal

Sep 19 Battle of Luka, Miss

Sep 01 Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia

Sep 16 Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY

Sep 15 Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry

Sep 09 Lee splits his army &sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry

Sep 06 Stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland

Sep 27 The birth of Louis Botha, South African politician; PM of Transvaal

Sep 23 Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers

Jun 29 Day 5 of the 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station

Jun 28 Day 4 of the 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station

Jun 09 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp

Jun 15 Gen JEB Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan"

Jun 02 Gen Robert E Lee takes command of the Confederate armies of E VA & NC

Jun 01 Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines

Jun 19 Slavery outlawed in US territories

Jun 27 Day 3 of the 7 Days-Battle of Gaines' Mill

Jun 04 Confederates evacuate Fort Pillow, Tenn

Jun 06 Battle of Memphis-the city is surrendered

Jun 08 Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia

Jun 25 Day 1 of the 7 Days begins with fighting at Oak Grove

Jun 26 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulse Confederacy in Virginia

Jun 06 The birth of Henry Newbolt, English poet

Jun 30 Day 6 of the 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp

Jun 26 Day 2 of the 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville

Dec 26 First US navy hospital ship enters service

Dec 18 The first orthopedic hospital is organized in New York City (The Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled).

Dec 16 Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution

Dec 31 USS Monitor founders in a storm off Cape Hatteras, NC.1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Dec 23 Union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis

Dec 17 General US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee

Dec 25 40,000 watch the Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC

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