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The First Convention of Colored Men in Kentucky is held in Lexington. Delegates assert that “the gallant heroic behavior of the Colored Soldiers of the American Army” during the war affirms their status as part and parcel of the “Great American Body Politic.”

The First House in Owosso (Owosso, Michigan)

The First Offices of the Confederate Government Marker (Montgomery, Alabama)

the Freedman’s Bureau is withdrawn from Kentucky. In turn, local and state authorities withdraw their protections for Black citizens.

The Grand Army of the Republic Memorial (Leisure Village West Pine Lake Park, NJ)

The Heights at Smith Run (Southern Gateway, Virginia)

The Johnson's Island Committee (Johnson's Island, Ohio)

This stone marker is located in the Confederate Cemetery on Johnson Island

The Joseph Roswell Hawley Medallion (Blue Hills, Connecticut)

Located under the Connecticut State Capitol's north portico, the Joseph Roswell Hawley Medallion honors Joseph Hawley, the first volunteer from Connecticut to enlist in the Union Army. After the war, Hawley was elected Governor of Connecticut and…

The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act is signed into law by President Joe Biden.

The Knoxville Campaign ends. The Army of the Ohio secures control of East Tennessee for the remainder of the war.

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