1864, June 19, the Warship "Kearsarge" sank the "Alabama."
1864, September 2, General Sherman captured Atlanta, Georgia.
1865, April 9, General Lee surrendered at Appomattox.
1865, April 14, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln.
1867, March 30, Treaty for the purchase of Alaska signed.
1869, May 10, completion of the Union Pacific Railroad.
1871, October 8, great fire at Chicago.
1881, July 2, President Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau.
1886, May 4, Haymarket riot at Chicago.
1889, May 31, great flood at Johnstown, Pennsylvania.