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

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.

Mar 02 Congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR to be called the "Standard gauge "

Mar 03 Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV

Mar 03 Idaho Territory forms

Mar 20 Battle of Pensacola FL: evacuated by Federals

Mar 25 The first Army Medal of Honor awarded

Mar 27 President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer

Mar 03 Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia

Mar 30 Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg chosen as king George of Greece

Mar 04 Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee

Mar 21 Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon

Mar 03 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences

Mar 11 Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.

Mar 27 The birth of Sir Henry Royce, The motor car designer of Rolls Royce fame

Mar 03 Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress

Mar 03 US wartime military conscription bill enacted

Mar 14 RADM Farragut's squadron of 7 ships forces way up Mississippi River to support Union troops at Vicksburg and Baton Rouge

Mar 24 Bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. (

Mar 20 Battle of Pensacola FL evacuated by Federals

Mar 25 Skirmish at Brentwood TN

Mar 03 Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.

Mar 26 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves

Mar 17 Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities)

Mar 04 Territory of Idaho established

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