1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. Confederate army under Gen. Joe Johnson defeat Union army of Gen. William Tecumsch Sherman leaving 3000 union and 1000 confederate dead. Undeterred Sherman carries on with his infamous 'March to the Sea'.
On this day in 69 AD, Vespasian refused to recognize Vitellius as emperor, and had his legions acclaim him as Imperator. So began the year of the 4 emperors, with Vespasian ultimately claiming the throne.
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2nd July 1881 - US President James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Depot in Washington, D.C. He died in September 1881 of an infection from the wounds. He was the second US president to be assassinated and had the second shortest Presidency.