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A series of fires break out in northern Texas leading to a slave panic known as the "Texas Troubles."

	2	USS Carolina blockades Galveston.
	8	Brigadier General H.H. Sibly ordered to expel US forces from New Mexico.
	21	Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run), VA.
	27	Texas Confederate troops capture Fort Fillmore near Mesilla, NM.

	1-4	Battle of Gettysburg PA.
	26	Sam Houston dies in Huntsville.