Historical Events
- Battle of Shepardstown VA
- Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tenn, ends
Famous Deaths
- Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brigadier general, dies at 33
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm, German philologist, folklorist and editor of "Grimm's Fairy Tales", dies at 78
Jacob Grimm
- William Haines Lytle, US politician, poet and Brigadier General (Union Army), killed in action during the American Civil War at 36