Volt and Ohm
Sep 4 British Association for Advancement of Science proposes standard units of electrical measurement (the Volt after Alessandro Volta; the Ohm after Georg Ohm) at its 31st annual meeting (Manchester, England)
Grant Occupies Paducah
Sep 6 General Ulysses S. Grant occupies Paducah, Kentucky
- Sep 9 Nurse Sally Tompkins is officially commissioned as an officer (and its only woman officer) by the Confederate US Army
- Sep 10 -15] Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater, West Virginia
- Sep 10 Battle of Carnifex Ferry in Virginia, 170 casualties
- Sep 13 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla
- Sep 16 British Post Office Savings Banks opens
- Sep 17 First class for escaped slaves taught by Mary Peake at Fortress Monroe Virginia (now Hampton University).
- Sep 20 Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union
- Sep 22 Federal troops shoot and kill 12 Navajo men, women and children, and wound 40 more, following a dispute over a friendly horse race during monthly "Ration Day" at Fort Fauntleroy in Bear Springs. Territory of New Mexico [1]
- Sep 25 Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
British Golf Open
Sep 26 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. beats Willie Park Sr. by 4 strokes
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