Mr. Clemens received notice of his appointment on the 27 of March, received his papers on the 20 of April. We then left Memphis on the 26, reached Keokuk again on the 27. Mr. C started to St. Louis that night. He left Keokuk on the 4 of July to visit his sister P. A. […]
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Miners try to start a union
In May 1863, Comstock miners initiated efforts to form an association. The following year, the Storey County Minersโ League became the first sustained attempt at unionization of miners in the American West. Organized during a local depression, the League called for a $4 minimum daily wage for underground work and demanded โclosed shops,โ insisting companies […]
Battle of Shiloh (TN)
Albert Sidney Johnston & P. G. T. Beauregard lost to Ulysses S. Grant. 23,746 casualties. U: 13,047 / C: 10,699 4/6/1862 4/7/1862