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Thursday, 18 June 2026
May 10 Union troops march on state militia in St Louis MI 
May 12 Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50.
May 13 Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality
May 14 The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain.
May 16 Confederate Government offers war volunteers $10 premium
May 16 Confederate govt offers war volunteers $10 premium
May 16 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality.
May 18 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South
May 20 Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle.
May 20 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in Civil War.
May 20 North Carolina is recorded as becoming 11th and last state to secede from Union
May 21 NC is 10th state to secede from Union
May 21 North Carolina is 10th state to secede from Union.
May 21 Richmond VA is designated Confederate Capital
May 23 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe VA
May 23 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia
May 23 Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession
May 24 Alexandria VA occupied by Federal troops.
May 24 Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23.
May 24 Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war".
May 25 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting the writ
May 25 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ.
May 26 Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South.
May 26 Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with the South.
May 26 Union blockades New Orleans LA and Mobile AL
May 27 Victoria E Matthews, educator
May 29 Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army
May 31 Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907).
May 31 Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line.
May 31 General Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line
May 31 Mint at New Orleans closes
Jun 01 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va
Jun 01 John Q Marr, US Confederate captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse, the inaugural Confederate death of the war
Jun 01 The inaugural skirmish in the Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va
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