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Historical Event(s)
– The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
– American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
– American Civil War: The iron-clad Ship CSS (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
– American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins – in Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
– U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.
– The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
– Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
– Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia
– 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.
– American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
Who Were Born On ?
– David Hilbert, German mathematician (d. 1943)
– James Clark McReynolds, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1946)
– Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (d. 1937)
– Joseph Merrick, English sideshow performer (d. 1890)
– Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
– Viscount Byng of Vimy, British army officer (d. 1935)
– Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)
– Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (d. 1902)
– Billy Sunday, American evangelist (d. 1935)
– Connie Mack, American baseball executive (d. 1956)