Jul 30 Pres Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot

Jul 30 The birth of Henry Ford, American car manufacturer

Jul 01 Battle of Gettysburg begins ending Juy 3

Jul 07 The first military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)

Jul 01 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 US cities; postage 3./« oz

Jul 13 USS Wyoming battled Japanese warlord's forces.

Jul 17 Battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory

Jul 06 Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia

Jul 04 Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho)

Jul 03 Battle of Gettysbeurg, during the American Civil War, ends

Jul 04 Confederates surrender of Vicksburg, MS, gives Union control of Mississippi River.

Jun 05 CSS "Alabama" captures the "Tailsman" in the Mid Atlantic

Jun 20 West Virginia admitted as 35th US state

Jun 10 Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds

Jun 20 First bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)

Jun 29 Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, PN

Jun 17 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer)

Jun 18 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg

Jun 09 Battle of Brandy Station, Va

Jun 17 Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back the Union in Virginia

Jun 14 Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia

Jun 07 Mexico City captured by French troops

Jun 29 Very first First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa

Jan 01 Battle of Helena AK

Jan 11 CSS Alabama sinks USS Hatteras off Galveston

Jan 12 President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address

Jan 02 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends

Jan 31 The first black Civil War regiment, SC Volunteers, mustered into US army

Jan 26 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms

Jan 01 The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics

Jan 21 City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years

Jan 15 The first US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal

Jan 23 Toronto Stock Exchange introduces first regular daily trading sessions.

Jan 16 Cruise of CSS Florida

Jan 21 Outback explorers Robert Burke and William Wills given heroes' funeral in Melbourne.

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