On this date the first Presbyterian church in Madison was organized, with only six charter members. The congregation met in Lewis Hall on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Johnson Street. In 1853, they moved into a new building opposite Lewis Hall where they remained until 1892.
1862 - (Civil War) Second Battle of Corinth, Mississippi, Wnds
The Second Battle of Corinth began when Confederate forces attempted to retake Corinth, Mississippi. The 8th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th Wisconsin Infantry regiments, along with the 6th and 12th Wisconsin Light Artillery batteries, fought to protect the city from Confederate troops. The Union general in charge cited the 14th Wisconsin Infantry for heroic service at Corinth, calling it "the regiment to rely upon in every emergency; always cool, steady, and vigorous." The 17th Wisconsin Infantry was composed mainly of Irish immigrants. They led a bayonet charge with the Gaelic battle cry "Faugh a ballaghl" ("Clear the way!"), which the same general called, "the most glorious charge in the campaign."
1897 - Amalgamated Woodworkers Union Chartered
On this date the Amalgamated Woodworkers Union was chartered. At the time of organization, seven-eighths of the woodworkers labored for twelve-hour days, five days a week, for no more than $1.10 a day. Further, women were employed at lesser wages and boys worked for forty cents a day. Frank J. Weber, American Federation of Labor and Wisconsin Federation of Labor general organizer, visited the city and spoke to a large audience of Oshkosh woodworkers. Four days later Local 29 initiated one hundred new members and Local 49 gained thirty-nine laborers. [Source: The Oshkosh Woodworkers' Strike of 1898: A Wisconsin Community in Crisis by Virginia Glenn Crane]
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