Commodore Charles H. Davis, commanding nine vessels of the Navy of the united States, occupies Memphis, Tennessee.

       [restored 2/15/2025]

Subsequent Events:

6/28/1863                   9/2/1863

References:

Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 289.

Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 170.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,214,966,389,282

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