On this day in 1863, Battle of Fredricksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)
1871 - 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double
Today, May the 7th in 1873 - US marines attack Panama
1875: Civil Rights Act enacted March 1
March 2 – In the Compromise of 1877, the U.S. presidential election, 1876 is resolved with the selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner, even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876. March 4 – Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States, succeeding Ulysses S. Grant.
1885 - Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere'