On May 10, 1865, Union troops captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis near Irwinville, Georgia. Continue reading.
On May 10, 1869, officials and workers of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways held a ceremony on Promontory Summit, in Utah Territory, to drive in the Golden Spike. The spike symbolized completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Continue reading.
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