Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2)

by Ann S. Stephens

7. Rebels attack the 5th Corps, and are repulsed.

7. Kilpatrick’s cavalry drives rebels from Blackville, S. C.

7. Constitutional Amendment ratified by Maine.

7. Rebel Senate votes against arming negroes.

7. 225 rebel prisoners at Camp Chase refuse to be returned to the rebel army by exchange.

8. Occupation of Branchville, S. C.

8. Lieut. Cushing, with 15 men, captures Shallotte, N. C.

8. Ohio, Minnesota and Kansas ratify Constitutional Amendment. Delaware refuses.

8. The electoral vote for President and Vice-President counted in the House of Representatives, the result being 212 votes for Lincoln and Johnson, and 21 for McClellan and Pendleton.

8. Great fire in Philadelphia, commencing in petroleum oil warehouse. 47 buildings destroyed, and about 15 persons burned.