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Naval Engagement
The U.S.S Vincennes runs the Confederate bark Alvarado ashore
and then burns her near Fernandina, Florida.
President Lincoln approves a wide variety of bills passed during a
special session of Congress including a new issue of bonds, tariff
increase and the first direct income and real estate tax.
The tax law is the first Federal income tax, a 3 percent tax on
incomes over $800, as an emergency wartime measure during the
Civil War. However, the tax was never actually put into effect.
The U.S.S Vincennes runs the Confederate bark Alvarado ashore
and then burns her near Fernandina, Florida.
President Lincoln approves a wide variety of bills passed during a
special session of Congress including a new issue of bonds, tariff
increase and the first direct income and real estate tax.
The tax law is the first Federal income tax, a 3 percent tax on
incomes over $800, as an emergency wartime measure during the
Civil War. However, the tax was never actually put into effect.