Dec 08 Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South

Dec 14 Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee

Dec 12 The birth of Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter

Dec 07 The birth of Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer

May 01 Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi

May 27 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die

May 03 Battle of Fredricksburg VA (Marye's Heights)

May 03 Battle of Chancellorsville-Beaten Union army withdraws

May 01 Battle of Chancellorsville VA (29,000 injured or died)

May 01 Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers

May 04 Battle of Chancellorsville ends-Beaten Union army withdraws

May 22 War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops

May 27 Siege of Port Hudson LA

May 28 The first black regiment (54 Massachusetts) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War

May 12 Battle of Raymond MS

May 16 Battle of Champion's Hill MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign

May 18 Siege of Vicksburg MS

May 05 Joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for US boxing title in 63rd round

May 08 Confederación Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia

May 14 Battle of Jackson MS

May 17 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi

May 05 Battle of Tupelo MS

May 21 Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins

May 01 Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars &Bars"

May 02 Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North

May 03 Battle of Salem Church VA

May 22 General Grant begins siege on Vicksburg

Jul 09 Union troops enter Port Hudson

Jul 10 Clement Clarke Moore ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83

Jul 13 Beginning of the New York draft riots, regarded as the worst in United States history.

Jul 26 At Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender

Jul 02 Battle of Gettysburg (2nd day)

Jul 04 Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces

Jul 13 Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die

Jul 03 Battle of Gettysburg Pa ends, major victory for North

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