Events in History
- 300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf, in San Francisco, washed away in storm
- Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: General Hobsons unit caught
- Battle of Laurel Hill, West Virginia
- Battle of Trevillian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War, begins in Louisa County, Virginia
- CSS Alabama, a Confederate screw sloop-of-war, arrives in port at Cherbourg, France