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Historical Event(s)
– American Civil War: The U.S. Navy gives the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennesseein the Battle of Fort Henry.
– American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
– American Civil War: The ironclad Ship CSS is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.
– As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Truong Dinh decides to defy Emperor Tu Duc of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
– The United States and the United Kingdom agree to suppress the slave trade.
– American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
– American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly – Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
– American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope’s disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
– American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee’s battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
– American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north.
Who Were Born On ?
– Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)
– Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist (d. 1951)
– Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1947)
– Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist (d. 1931)
– Josephus Daniels, American publisher and United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1948)
– Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)
– Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)
– Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
– O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910)
– James E. Talmage, American religious figure and author (d. 1933)