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Historical Event(s)
– American Civil War: The USS Monitor and Ship CSS fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
– American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.
– American Civil War: The Union Army completes the Capture of New Orleans.
– American Civil War: Battle of Memphis – Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
– Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
– American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
– American Civil War: Major General J.E.B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
– Indian Wars: during an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
– American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly – Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
– American Civil War: Battle of Perryville – Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky.
Who Were Born On ?
– Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (d. 1937)
– Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
– Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
– Henry John Newbolt, English author (d. 1938)
– Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (d. 1933)
– Amos Alonzo Stagg, American coach (d. 1965)
– Herbert Booth, American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926)
– O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910)
– Henry George, Jr., American politician (d. 1916)
– Gigo Gabashvili, Georgian painter (d. 1936)