Dec 13 Battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North

Dec 12 Confederate torpedo (mine) sinks USS Cairo in Yazoo River.

Dec 31 President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union

Aug 25 Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves

Aug 06 CSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack

Aug 12 Gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX

Aug 28 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC

Aug 30 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee

Aug 14 Lincoln receives first group of blacks to confer with US president

Aug 21 Billy Barker discovers gold in creeks running into the Quesnel River; town of Barkerville, BC, grows up around mine; the find sparks a massive gold rush into the Cariboo.

Aug 29 Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels

Aug 28 Battle of 2nd Bull Run

Aug 29 US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation

Aug 30 Confederate troops defeat Union forces at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA.

Aug 22 The birth of Claude Debussy, French composer of 'Clair de lune'

Aug 30 Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY

Aug 29 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins

Oct 12 Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conf troops in Missisippi

Oct 19 The birth of Auguste Lumiere, French photographic pioneer

Oct 04 Battle of Corinth ends

Oct 08 Battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted

Oct 03 Battle of Corinth, Miss

Jul 12 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor

Jul 04 Lewis Carroll creates Alice in Wonderland for Alice P Liddell

Jul 14 The birth of Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter

Jul 07 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land

Jul 27 Steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico

Jul 02 The birth of William Henry Bragg, English physicist

Jul 09 Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Ky

Jul 02 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges

Jul 17 US army authorized to accept blacks as laborers

Jul 12 The United States Medal of Honor is created

Jul 19 Forrest's first raid

Jul 01 Day 7 of the 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill

Jul 28 Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo

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