June

6/1/1792 - Kentucky becomes the 15th State, a slave state | 1862 - Lee appointed Commander of Army in Virginia | 1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor
6/2/1815 - Gen. Philip Kearny, US, born | 1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor
6/3/1808 - Jefferson Davis born | 1863 - Lee begins a second invasion of the North from Fredericksburg | 1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor; U.S. Congress passes a National Banking Act, providing for a national currency
6/4/1862 - Confederates evacuate Fort Pillow, Tennessee
6/5/1863 - Stuart hosts a Grand Review of his Cavalry
6/6/1862 - Memphis Surrenders
6/8/1861 - Tennessee formally secedes | 1862 - Jackson defeats the Federals at the Battle of Cross Keys, and Port Republic, Virginia
6/9/1863 - Battle of Brandy Station
6/10/1864 - Federals lose at Brice's crossroads, Mississippi
6/12/1862 - Stuart begins his ride around McClellan
6/14/1864 - FLAG DAY
6/16/1858 - Republicans choose Abraham Lincoln as challenger for Stephen Douglas' Senate seat | 1864 - Petersburg Campaign begins
6/17/1861 - Thaddeus Lowe demonstrates Hot Air Balloon
6/18/1861 - FATHER'S DAY | 1864 - Grant begins seige of Petersburg, Virginia
6/19/1864 - Confederate Raider Alabama is sunk by a United States warship off Cherbourg, France
6/23/1865 - LAST FORMAL CONFEDERATE SURRENDER
6/25/1862 - Seven Days Campaign begins, with Federal retreat at Oak Grove, Mechanicsville,Gaines Mill, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Virginia
6/26/1864 - Stoneman begins Atlanta raid
6/27/1864 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
6/28/1863 - Confederates seize York, Pennsylvania
6/30/1864 - Gen. Early marches toward Washington, D.C.

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