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Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves in Greeneville, Tennessee despite them being…
The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date:…
The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had…
American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia
American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Colu
American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Colu
Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation
American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut
American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth begins as Union forces under General Henry Halleck move to engage Confederate f
Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico
American Civil War: Union Army troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Southern slave Robert Smalls steals the steamboat Planter, spirits it through Confederate lines and hands it to the Unit
American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General Henry Halleck capturing the critical rail
American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E
American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with
American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union tr