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Pemberton Mill
The Pemberton Mill collapses in Lawrence, Massachusetts, killing 145 workers. -
Shoemakers Strike
The New England Shoemakers Strike of 1860 begins in Lynn, Massachusetts -
Wiyot massacre
Wiyot Massacre, 80 to 250 Wiyot people were killed on Indian Island, near Eureka, California. -
Abraham Lincoln speech
Abraham Lincoln gives his Cooper Union speech. -
pony express
The pony express begins its first run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California. -
Paiute War
The Paiute War begins as Northern Paiutes raided Williams Station in Utah Territory. -
John Bell
The U.S. Constitutional Union Party holds its convention and nominates John Bell for President of the United States. -
Free land in west
Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists -
Crittenden Compromise
An unsuccessful proposal introduced by United States senator John J. Crittenden. -
South Carolina
South Carolina secedes from the union. -
Abraham Lincoln becomes president
Abraham Lincoln officially becomes the 16th president of the united states. -
Battle of Big Bethal, Virginia
Defeat of a Federal attack on the fort at Big Bethal in Virginia. -
Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia
Federal victory in West Virginia. -
Skirmish at Corrick's Ford:
Action during the pursuit of the army defeated at Rich Mountain, in which the Confederate commander General Garnett becomes the first civil war general to be killed in action -
General McClellan
General McClellan appointed to command the army of the Potomac. -
Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Missouri
Battle in Missouri that saw the death of the key Federal commander in the area -
Battle of Cheat Mountain, Virginia
A Confederate defeat in West Virginia, notable as the first battle commanded by General Lee. -
Battle of Carnifex Ferry, West Virginia
Confederate forces in the south of West Virginia defeated by General Rosecrans. -
Battle of Ball’s Bluff, Virginia
Defeat of a Union attempt to capture Leesbury (Virginia), forty miles up-river from Washington. -
Battle of Belmont, Missouri
An early battle in the career of U.S. Grant. An attempt to create a diversion in the Mississippi campaign, most significant for the battlefield experience it gave Grant. -
Hartley Colliery disaster
204 men are trapped and die underground, when the only shaft becomes blocked. -
Battle of Fort Donelson
Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Fort Craig, in New Mexico Territory -
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated in Richmond, Virginia, to a 6-year term as president of the Confederate States of America. -
Battle of Pea Ridge
The Confederates are shut out of Missouri. -
Battle of Glorieta Pass
In New Mexico, Union forces succeed in stopping the Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory. -
French intervention in Mexico
The Spanish and the British end their alliance with France. -
Battle Of Yorktown
The battle begins when Union forces under General George B. McClellan close in on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. -
Battle Of Shiloh
The Union Army, under General Ulysses S. Grant, defeats the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee. -
Andrews Raid
Union volunteers steal a Confederate locomotive, setting off the Great Locomotive Chase, famously involving the use of The General steam locomotive, which still exists in the 21st century. -
Capture of New Orleans
Forces under Union Admiral David Farragut occupy the Confederate city of New Orleans, securing access to the Mississippi River. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was made by Abraham Lincoln on January 1st. It freed all Confederate slave. -
Underground Railroad
1st underground railway opens in London -
President Davis
President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address -
Gun Boats
Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche, Louisiana -
Boston Morning Journal
1st US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal. -
Newtown, Virginia
Civil War skirmish near Newtown,Virginia. -
Bear River Massacre
American soldiers slaughter hundreds of Native Americans at the confluence of the Bear River and Beaver Creek in present day Idaho. -
The Union Uses African-American Troops
The United States War Department issued General Order Number 143. Establishing a "Bureau of Colored Troops" to facilitate the recruitment of African-American soldiers to fight for the Union Army. -
Gettysburg address
a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and one of the best-known speeches in American history. -
The Battle Of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was an important battle in the war, with Lee's invasion of a northern state (from Maryland to Pennsylvania). -
Battle Of Cosby Creek
Battle of Cosby Creek, Tennessee -
Battle Of Yazoo River
Battle of Yazoo River, MS -
Rebecca Lee
Rebecca Lee in the US becomes 1st African American woman to receive a medical degree -
Battle Of Pleasant Hill
Battle of Pleasant Hill LA, 2870 casualities -
Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina)
1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Maori warriors in Tauranga. -
spotsylvania campaign
US Civil War ends after 10,920 killed or injured -
Battle Of Cold Harbor
Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm) -
Battle of Mobile Bay
won by the Union Army led by Rear Admiral Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" (US Civil War) -
Savannah Campaign
Union General William T Sherman captures and burns Atlanta during Savannah Campaign (US Civil War) -
Thanksgiving
US President Abraham Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday -
Battle Of Ft Moultrie
Battle of Ft Moultrie, South Carolina -
13th amendment
13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day) -
Defeat Of Waynesbro, Virginia
Conferate General Early's army is defeated at the battle of Waynesboro, Virginia, during American Civil War -
Blakely Alabama
Battle at Blakely Alabama -
Capure Of Jefferson Davis
US President Andrew Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis -
Battle of Grand Gulf
Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi -
Salvation Army
One-time Methodist Reform Church minister William Booth and his wife Catherine found the Salvation Army (Army of the Salvation) as the East London Christian Mission -
Freedmans Bureau
Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land -
american civil war
American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on its cruise that sank or captured 37 vessels. -
13th Amendment
13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery -
Steamship sinks
Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End, England and kills 220 -
Mary Baker Eddy
cures her injuries by opening a bible -
Us congress
US Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes -
Equal Rights
US Congress rejects presidential veto giving all equal rights in US -
Battle of Callao
Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao -
Italy declares war
Italy declares war on Austria beginning the Third Italian War of Independence -
Civil Rights
Tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment to the US constitution, guaranteeing civil rights -
Quebec
Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses -
Chicago
Work begins on 1st US underwater highway tunnel in Chicago -
Great Plains
Fetterman Massacre: Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians kill all 81 US Army soldiers in the worst military disaster ever suffered by the U.S. Army on the Great Plains -
Right to vote
African American men granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C. despite President Andrew Johnson's veto -
Bricklayers
Bricklayers start working 8-hour days -
Department of Education
US Congress creates the Department of Education -
reconstruction of south
Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration -
dominion of canada
The Dominion of Canada is formed, comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Quebec, with John A. Macdonald serving as the first Prime Minister -
1st time blacks vote
Blacks vote for 1st time in a US state election in the South (Tennessee) -
Midway Island
The United States takes control of Midway Island. -
Royal Proclamation
72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate. -
Impeachment
US Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson -
Angola Horror
Around 49 victims of "Angola Horror" train wreck burn to death in Angola, New York
