-Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River (Battle of Murfreesboro), Tennessee in US Civil War. First Battle of Newtonia (American Civil War), Newton County, Missouri. Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in the American Civil War: 22,000 dead, wounded or missing in first battle on Union soil. American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war 78 workers killed. Skirmish at Fox's Gap, American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln receives the first group of African Americans to confer with a US president. American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade. US President Abraham Lincoln signs into law the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for the settlement of the American West (80 million acres by 1900). American Confederate Congress approves conscription act for all white males (18-35 years). 
American Civil War: Naval engagement on Tennessee River, USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle.Battle of Black Water (American Civil War).American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S.Frémont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C.American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.American Civil War: Tennessee votes to secede from the Union.
General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan for the North against the South in American Civil War.
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