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Historical Event(s)
– Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the Civil War.
– American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
– Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
– American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant & George G. Meade.
– American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern – Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
– American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
– American Civil War: Battle of Westport – Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City.
– American Civil War: Sherman’s March to the Sea – Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south.
– American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia and starts Sherman’s March to the Sea.
– American Civil War: Battle of Franklin – The Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood losing six generals and almost a third of his troops.
Who Were Born On ?
– William Halse Rivers Rivers, British psychiatrist (d. 1922)
– Joseph Baptista, Indian Home Rule Movement founder (d. 1930)
– Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist (d. 1922)
– Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss art historian (d. 1945)
– Marie Tempest, English singer and actress (d. 1942)
– Ragna Wettergreen, Norwegian actress (d. 1958)
– Alexandra Kitchin, British model for Lewis Carroll (d. 1925)
– Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1921)
– Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (d. 1936)
– Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. 1901)