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JAN A " U R .

— E ’ 2 6 . E 1 . Mason and Slidell sailed for ngland , mancipation proclamation ’ t oo k ff 63 . e ect ; Galveston captured by Magruder , Sloop of war San Jacinto ’ fi 65 . lost o Florida , ’ . E 1 2 . Gov llis of North Carolina seized government property , 6 . Battle of ’ ’

6 . Stone River or Murfreesboro ended , 3 — ’ ’ 6 1 . M oo r fi e ld . 3 . Florida state convention , Slight action at e , V a . , 63 A o

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V . 64 . tion at Jonesville , a , — 4 . National fast day by presidential proclamation , not observed in the ’ ’ ’

1 . 63 . South , 6 Bragg abandoned Murfreesboro , ’

N . . 63 . E n d 5 . Confederate for t captured on Little River , C , at Vicksburg ’ ’ 64 . of Grierson s raid ,

- 6 . Kirby Smith put in command of confederate troops west of the Missis ’ 4 sippi River , 6 . — ’ A 6 1 . a . 7 . labama and Mississippi conventions , Battle of Blue Gap , V , ’ ’

62 . . 65 . Indians attacked Julesburg , Col , ’

T 6 1 . 8 . Secretary hompson , of the Interior department , resigned , Action ’

. 63 . at Springfield , Mo , Loyal mass meeting in New Orleans to form free state ’ 64 . . . . government, Gen B F Butler removed from command of the army of the ’ James , 65 . d 8 4 1 5 9 . Mississippi secede , to ; Star of the West fired upon at Charleston , ’ ’

63 . 6 1 . men exchanged , Confederate government conscripted every man ’

T . 64 . in Cleveland , enn , ’

. a 62 7 6 1 . 1 0 . Florida seceded , to , B ttle of Middle Creek , Ky Senators ’

2 . Johnson and Polk expelled from the United States senate , 6 Cavalry fight at ’

64 . Strawberry Plain ,

— d 6 1 39 T T r e 1 1 . Alabama sece ed , to ; Secretary homas , of the reasury , signed ; the governor o f Louisiana seized government property ; New York ’

. 6 1 . H pledged its whole support to the national government , Battle at Fort ind ’ ’

63 . T . man , Ark Longstreet , with men , fortified at Bull s Gap , enn ;

meeting in New York to aid people in Savannah ; F . P . Blair , sr . , arrived in ’

64 . Richmond on a peace mission , ’ —" H 63 . . 1 2 . Confederate raid on olly Springs , Miss . , Gen Marston raided ’ 4 . successfully in Virginia , 6 — ’ . 1 . 1 3 . Pensacola navy yard surrendered by Com Armstrong , 6 Simon

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E . 2 G . Cameron resigned as secretary of war , and dwin M Stanton was appointed , ’

65 . Second attack on Fort Fisher , — 1 4 . Gunboat Queen of the West captured in the Red River by the confed ’

3 . e r a t e s ; battle of Bayou T eche , La . , 6 — ’ r k 6 3 . 1 5 . M 0 und City , A burned to clear out guerillas , Fort Fisher ’ 5 ca ptured 6 . — h ’ 1 6 . T e Crittenden compromise defeated by Clark s substitute that the ’

n 6 1 . constitution w a s good enough , and that s eces sion ought to be put dow , ’ ’ a 63 64 . Pirate O r e t o e s c a p e d from Mobile , , Magazine exploded at Fort Fisher , 2 CA LEN DA R OF TH E CIVIL WA R .

d N . . . . . W O F P Blair , sr , returne . to ashington ; Forts Caswell and Campbell , , ’

5 . evacuated and blown up by the confederates , 6 — ’ ’ 63 . . 4 N . . A T 6 . 1 7 . Pollockville , O , taken , ction near Bainbridge , enn , ’

ff 65 . Monitor Patapsco sunk o Charleston by confederate torpedo , h 1 8 . T e Massachusetts legislature pledged its whole support to the govern ’ w 6 1 . T ment ; Virginia appropriated for defence , o blockade run ’

65 . ners captured by Admiral Porter ,

- 2 8 9 . . H . 1 9 . Georgia seceded , 0 to 8 , A H Stephens and erschel V Johnson ’ Z llic tf e r K . o o voting no , 6 1 . Battle of Mills Springs , y , , confederate com ’

62 . mander , killed , ’ ’

64 . . 2 0 . Gen . Woodbury s expedition ( Union ) to Ponta Rosa , F P , ’

65 . Blair , sr . , went to Richmond the second time , ’ - fi r s n e e o 6 1 . 2 l . A labama congressmen resigned ; J Davis left the senate , ’

63 . Fitz John Porter dismissed from the service , ’ h n n a a a c k 3 . 2 2 . Burnside failed to cross the R pp o , 6 — ’ 1 2 3 . Georgia congressmen resigned , 6 . Stone fleet sunk in Charleston ’ ’

2 ni V 4 . 6 . 6 harbor , Successful U on raids in irginia and North Carolina , ’ 1 ’ 6 . T . 63 . 2 4 . Augusta arsenal seized by the state , Battle of Woodbury , enn , R hodd T Gen . y , confederate , driven across the ennessee with loss of trains and ’

64 . H in supplies , oliday in Louisiana to celebrate the abolition of slavery ’ T 65 . Louisiana , Maryland , ennessee , and Missouri , ‘ ’

63 . . 2 5 . Organization of the first colored volunteers at P ort Royal, Maj ’ h 64 . v Burroughs , guerilla , s ot while escaping from Fortress Monroe , Sa annah ’

. 65 . meeting to thank New York ; Gen Lee issued a call to arms , ’ - i 1 1 3 1 7 61 . H 2 6 . Lou siana seceded , to , ooker succeeded Burnside in com ’

63 . mand of the Potomac army, Debate in the confederate house on enlisting ’65 negroes , . — ’ t M c A llis te r a . 63 . 2 7 . Bombardmen of Fort , G , Union cavalry victory at ’

64 . Sevierville , Blair returned from second peace mission ; confederates fired ’

a . 65 . Savannah , G , — ’ T . T 6 1 . 2 8 . exas convention , Large meeting at Nashville , enn , to restore ’ 4 n 6 . e state government , Confederate house passed bill for employment of ’

65 . groes ,

2 9 . Gen . Banks promulgated emancipation proclamation at New Orleans , ’ ’ 4 63 . Confederate attack on Cumberland Gap defeated , 6 . — ’ 1 . 3 0 . Floyd indicted for malfeasance and conspiracy , 6 Union supply ’

4 . . . . . H V a 6 A . . T . H train captured near Petersburg , , Stephens , Gen R M unter , ’ ’ and Judge Campbell came within Grant s lines as peace commissioners , 65 . T 3 1 . hree ironclads attacked Charleston blockaders , one sunk ; attack on ’ - a 3 . in United States troops in Indian arresting deserters , 6 Lee made general ’ chief of the confederate armies ; thirteenth amendment adopted , 65 . C A M M WA R OF THE C QL H H M R . 3

FE BR A R" U .

— - 1 , New Orleans mint and custom house seized ; secession of T exas sub ’ m itte d 1 66 7 6 1 . M c A llis t r to popular vote , to , Second attack on Fort e , Ga . , ’

63 . T . Battle of Cumberland Iron Works , enn Lincoln ordered draft of ’

4 . men on March 1 0, 6 Secretary Seward left Washington to meet confederate ’ 65 . peace commissioners at Fortress Monroe , ’ 3 6 . . 2 . Queen of the West ran the Vicksburg blockade , Gen Scammon and ff ’ 4 sta captured by confederates on the steamship Levi , 6 . Lincoln met confed e r a t e peace commi ssioners at Fortress Monroe ; gold at 4400 premium at Rich ’

65 . mond,

— T he E n 3 . steamer Nashville ordered out of Southampton ( g ) harbor ; Sen ’

2 . ator Bright of Indiana expelled from the United States senate , 6 Confeder ’ 3 . ate attack on Donelson defeated , 6 Sherman , with men , crossed the ’

64 . Big Black and reached Bolton , — ’ 4 . Delegates at Montgomery , Ala . , to form a confederate government , 6 1 .

Governor - general of Canada signed the bill to prevent confederate raids across ’

65 . the border , — ’ ’ . 3 . E 4 6 6 . 5 . Skirmish on Bear Creek , Mo , xpedition l eft Port Royal , ’ ’

V . . Battle of Hatcher s Run , a , 65 — ’ 62 . H . 6 . Fort enry captured by Grant and Foote , Col Cushman (confeder ’ - T . 63 . ate cotton burner) captured near Ripley , enn , Army of the Potomac reconnoitred in force toward Orange Court - House ; Sherman moved south from ’ ’

64 . Vicksburg , Battle of fifth corps and Gregg s cavalry with confederates ’

65 . (Union victory) , ’ 7 . Montgomery convention adopted provisional constitution , 6 1 . Battle of ’

n 2 . Roa oke Island , 6 — i ’ 8 . Un ted States arsenal at Little Rock surrendered , 61 . Confederate ’ — 64 . E 2 1 2 meeting at Dalton and Decatur , lectoral votes counted in congress , ’

2 1 c 65 . for Lincoln and Johnson , and for Mc lellan and Pendleton , — ff H . 9 . Je erson Davis and A . Stephens elected provisional president and ’ - 1 . . vice president of the confederacy , 6 Gen Rosecrans ordered the summary ’ ’ 63 . execution of confederates in Union uniform , Action at Morgan s Mill , ’

4 . Ark . , 6 — ’ . t ffi 63 . . 1 1 0 o 1 0 . Fight at Old River , La , Col Streight and o her Union ’ ’

t 64 . cers escaped from Libby prison by unnelling , Sherman s right column , in ’

65 . part , landed on James Island , near Charleston , ’

64 . . 1 1 . Gens . Grierson and Smith began raid through Mississippi , Gen ’ 6 5 . T erry reconnoitred in force toward Wilmington , ’

3 . 1 2 . T he gunboat Indianola ran the Vicksburg batteries , 6 — ’ 6 1 . 1 3 . Lincoln and Hamlin officially declared elected , — V a . . 1 4 . Union cavalry surprised at Anandale , ; Queen of the West lost ’ 63 . Sherman occupied Meridian , Miss . , and destroyed the state arsenal and ’ much property , 64 . ’

6 3 . T . 1 5 . Cavalry engagement near Gainesville , enn , 4 A A TH C LEN D R OF E CIVIL WA R .

— ’ 2 1 6 . Fort Donelson taken with Gens . Buckner and T ilghman , 6 . ’

3 . 1 7 Confederates captured a forage train near Romney , V a . , 6 Sherman ’

n d 65 . occupied Columbia , S O , a confederates evacuated Charleston , — ff ’ i 1 . 1 8 . Je erson Davis naugurated at Richmond , 6 Mortar boats opened ’

o K . 3 . fire on Vicksburg ; c pperhead state convention at Frankfort, y , dispersed , 6 b ’ Charleston occupied y Union troops , 65 .

1 9 . Confederate congress met at Richmond ; confederates seized Fort ’ ’ . 6 1 . Ho e fi e ld . H Keane , Kan , p (opposite Memphis) burned by Gen urlbut s ’ ’

63 . F A n N . . c h fi e ld 65 . order , ort derson , O , captured by S o and Porter , k ’ R a h n n c 63 . 2 0 . Gunboat reconnoissance up the pp a a o , Battle of Olustee , ’ Fla . ; Gen . Seymour s expedition (Union) badly defeated at Sanderson , Fla . , ’ ’ 4 . and Smith s expedition repulsed , 6 Gen . Cox defeated the confederates near ’

65 . Wilmington , N . C . confederate house passed bill to arm negroes , — t ’ 2 1 . J e tfe r s on Davis appoin ed his cabinet , 6 1 . Battle of Valverd e N . ’ ’ 62 . N . O. 65 . Mex . , Confederates evacuated Wilmington , , ’ — 4 i c 2 2 . Michael Hahn elected governor of Louisiana , 6 . Un on troops o ’

i . u d N . 5 . c p e Wilmington , C , 6 — ’ ’ 62 . r e 2 3 . Confederates evacuated Nashville , Forrest s attack on Smith ’ ’

64 . . . 65 . p ulsed , Georgetown and Fort White , S C , occupied by Union troops ,

2 4 . T he Indianola captured near Grand Gulf , Miss . , by four confederate ’ ’ s . 5 . teamers , 63 Burning of Columbia , S C , 6 ’

H . 63 . . 25 2 2 5 . Cavalry fight near artwood church , V a , (Feb to 7) battle ’ ’ n ’ Ga . 64 . of Buzzard s Roost , , Joh ston took command as Beauregard s succes ’

6 5 . sor ,

2 6 . Cherokee national council repealed secession ordinance and abolished ’ i e x e s lavery , 63 . Grierson and Smith returned to Memph s after a successful p ’ dition , 64 . — ’ 6 1 . 2 7 . T he peac e congress submitted a plan to the senate , Sherman ’ ’ r 22 4 . eturned to Vicksburg after a days raid , 6 — ’ 63 . 2 8 . Confederate ironclad Nashville was captured in Ogeechee River ,

. a . Col Richardson , guerilla , was captured ne r the Cumberland River ; Kilpatrick ’ s 64 . tarted on a raid in Virginia , — ’ 2 9 . Kilpatrick s raid continued , Stevensburg to Richmond , extended to ’ March 4 , 64 . W M E W M R F O TM Z M V E IW M . 5

A M RC H.

— ’ ’ 1 T . . Fight near Bradyville , enn ; Duke s guerillas routed 63 . Confed — ’ 4 crate salt works at St . Marks , Fla . , destroyed , 6 . — ’ " 2 . . . . Gen F W Lander died ; action at Pittsburg Landing , T enn . , 6 E ’ ’ Sheridan captured nearly all of arly s force near Staunton , V a . , 6 5 .

3 . a t 3 . i r a . Sheridan defeated Van Dorn Shelbyville , 6 Fort M c A ll st e , G , ’ i - - a 6 . ag n bombarded fruitlessly , 3 Grant made commander in chief over Ha l ’ ’ ’ ’ 64 . H leck , Skirmish between Sherman s and Wade ampton s cavalry , 65 . — ’6 1 4 . Lincoln inaugurated , . Battle of Memphis Station , T enn . ; battle of T ’ ’ ’ T . 63 . . 4 in a u u hompson s Station , enn , Col Dahlg ren murdered , 6 . Lincoln g ’ rated , 65 . — 5 . Beauregard took command of the army of the Mississippi ; battle of ’ ’

. 5 8 62 . 4 Pea Ridge , Ark , from March to , Battle in Yazoo City , 6 . ’ ’ . H 6 . . Gen unter ordered negroes drafted in the South , 63 Sherman s army ’

64 . crossed the Pearl River at Jackson , Successful Union expedition up the ’ a h n n k R pp a a oc , 65 .

7 . Return of successful Union scouting expedition from Belle Plain , V a . , ’ ’ ’ 63 . Sherman s cavalry occupied Brandon , 64 .

— T he 8 . Congress and the Cumberland sunk by the Confederate ram Merri ’ 2 ’ 6 . . 63 mac , Mosby captured Gen Stoughton , . Confederate senate passed ’65 negro enlistment bill , . 9 E ’ 2 i . ngagement of Monitor and Merrimac , 6 . Sl ght action below Port ’ ’ ’ H 6 - 3 . Hi . 4 udson , Sherman at llsboro ; Grant commissioned lieut gen . , 6 . — 1 0 . . Jacksonville , Fla , captured by the fi rst South Carolina colored regi ’ ’ 63 . d 4 6 . ment , Red River expedition embarke at Vicksburg , A ction at Wil ’

N . . O . cox s Bridge , ; defeat of confederate Gen Bragg at Kinston , N . O . ; i Grant forbade trade at points within confederate lines in Virg nia , North Caro ’ lina , South Carolina , and Georgia , 65 .

— M c C le lla n H 1 1 . removed , alleck assigned to the department of the Missis i ’ 2 ’ 6 . H sippi , and Fremont to mounta n department , oke s confederate division ’

n N . . defeated at Ki ston , C , 65 . 1 2 ’ . T . . Successful Union reconnoissance from Franklin , enn , 63 Grant ’ - in- appointed commander chief of the armies of the United States , 64 . Sc hofi e ld ’ occupied Kinston , 65 . — ’ 62 . 1 3 . . Battle of New Madrid Mo , Fort Greenwood on the T allahatchie , ’ - T . 63 . enn , silenced by gun boats , Indianola evacuated by Union troops , 64 . ’ Sheridan destroyed the railroad between Richmond and Hanover , 65 . ’

1 4 . N . O. 62 . i Battle of Newbern , , Adm ral Farragut , with seven vessels , H ’ 63 . passed Port udson after a fierce engagement , Fort De Russy captured ; ’ 4 call for men for three years , 6 . ’ 1 — T he e if e r s on ia n fi 5 . . J of ce at Richmond , Ind , destroyed by soldiers , 63 . T he 3 6 3 2 ’ confederate house , to , suspended the habeas corpus act , 65 . 1 ’ 6 62 . . Union victory at Cumberland Mountain , Union victory near Fort A F THE 6 C A LEN D R O CIVIL WA R .

’ ’ 4 A 64 . 6 . Pillow , rkansas voted herself a free state , Union victory at Averys ’ N . O. 65 . borough , , ’ ’ ’

V a . 63 . 1 7 . Fitzhugh Lee s cavalry defeated at Kelly s Ford , , Fort De ’ ’

65 . Russy blown up , 64 . Gen . Canby moved against Mobile , — T h S. C . 1 8 . e Nashville escaped from Beaufort , ; battle at Salem , Ark . , ’ ’ 65 . 62 . Confederate congress adj ourned , — d 1 9 . Steamer Georgiana , with arms for the confederates , estroyed o ff ’ ’ 6 4 . 63 . Charleston , Confederate attack on Port Royal failed , Union vic ’

65 . N . O . tory at Bentonville , , — ’ ’ T . 63 2 0 . Battle of Vaught s Hill , near Milton , enn , . — ’ 3 T . 6 . 2 1 . Fight at Cottage Grove , enn , Confederate raid on Magnolia , ’ ’ 4 T Sc ho fie ld 6 . Junction of armies under Sherman , erry , and ; Wilson s cav ’ ’

l N . a r . y defeated Roddy s cavalry at Marion and Plantersville ; Goldsboro , O , ’

5 . taken by Union troops , 6 ’ ’

63 . 2 2 . Mount Sterling , K y . , captured by guerillas , Ferguson s guerillas ' ’ ’6 4 24 T . . massacred Union cavalrymen at Johnson s Mills , enn , — ’ 2 . V a . 6 . 2 3 . Battle of Winchester , , Action at Calf Killer Creek , T enn , ’

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h u la 63 . n ta c o . a t 2 4 . P o , La taken by Union troops , Union City , Mo , ’

64 . tacked by Forrest , — 2 5 . Rams Lancaster and Switzerland lost in running Vicksburg batteries , ’ ’ 4 5 3 6 . 63 . Owen Lovej oy died , aged , Battle of Fort Steadman (before Peters ’

65 . burg) , — ’ n 2 6th 28 th 62 . m in n 2 6 . A ction at Apache Ca on , to , Burnside took c o a d

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63 . . of the department of the Ohio , Forrest sacked Paducah , Ky . Col Clayton s ’64 victory at Longview , Ark . , . — ’ 63 . 2 7 . Fast day in the confederacy , Investment of Spanish Fort , the principal defence of Mobile , — ’ 2 8 . Louisiana popular vote on secession , yes , to no , 6 1 . ’ ’

64 . A 65 Union victory at Cane River , ttack on the defences of Mobile , . ’ - . 63 . 2 9 . Blockade runners captured at Poplar Creek , Md , Confederate ram Stonewall ordered to leave Lisbon ; United States war steamer Niagara ’ 5 u a . 6 . fired pon by Portuguese authorities ; action at Quaker Rood , V , ’

78 6 1 . 3 0 . Mississippi convention ratified the confederate constitution , to 7, ’ Battle near Somerset , K y . , Union victory , 63 . Copperhead riot at Charleston ’ ’

. 4 . 65 . and Mattoon , Ill , 6 Fighting before Richmond , H ’ 3 1 . Gen . eron appointed to the command of the army of the frontier , 63 . ’ ’ ’ H 64 . Union victory at Crump s ill , Confederate victory before Richmond , 65 . A N A THE A R C LE D R OF C IVIL W . 7

A PRIL .

— H 1 . Farragut passed the Grand Gulf batteries with the artford , Switzer ’ 3 T ’ 6 . land , and Albatross , Confederate ram ennessee sunk n ear Grant s Pass , ’ ’ F 65 . 6 4 . Union victory at ive Forks , — ’ ’ o V a . 63 . A 2 . Women s br ad riot at Richmond , , ction at Spoonville , Ark . ’

n e a r 64 . Forrest defeated Grierson Summerville , Grant advance d on Peters burg ; heavy fighting ; Richmond and Petersburg evacuated by night ; Jef ’

M . . 65 . fe r s on Davis left at 8 P . ; capture of Selma , Ala ,

— c o n s tit utie n 4 3 , South Carolina convention ratified the confederate , 1 1 to ’ ’ P a . G 1 6 , 6 1 . Arrest of Knights of the Golden Circle in Reading , , 3 . Action

r k . b 4 A . at Okalona , A ; Peters urg occupied by Union troops at M . , and Rich ’ 65 . . M . m ond at 7 A , — 89 4 5 4 . Virginia convention refused , to , to submit the secession ordinance ’ D ’ 6 1 . 62 . to the people , Slavery abolished in the istrict of Columbia , New York metropolitan sanitary fair opened ; Sheridan made cavalry commander ’ ’ 64 . n 65 . of Potomac army , Lincol in Richmond , — ’ T 0 0 . 63 . 5 . r ps sent from Newbern to rescue Gen Foster , Action at

. . Roseville , Ark . ; confederate Gen . W P White assassinated by his own men , ’ ff D 6 4 . Je erson avis proclaimed the evacuation of Richmond , and that they ’

5 . would never abandon one state of the confederacy , 6 — ’ . A . . 62 . 6 . . Battle of Pittsburg Landing ; Gen S Johnston killed , Confed H ’ K . t . 64 . e r a e Gen Buford attacked Fort alleck , Columbus , y , Battle o f ’ 5 D e a t on s ville between Grant and Lee , 6 . — ff ’ o 6 1 . 7 , Communication with Fort S umter cut , Island No . 1 0 sur ’ ’ ’ 2 3 . 6 . 6 A rendered , Dupont s bombardment of Sumter failed , ction at Wil ’ ’

65 . s on s Farm , La . fight with Lee at Farmville , — ’ 8 . State department refused to recognize confederate commissioners , 6 1 .

Gen . Stoneman defeated at the battle of Pleasant Grove , La . Gen . Franklin , of ’ ’

. 6 4 . B a n ks s expedition , defeated at Mansfield , La , Lee concentrated his army ’ - — H V a . 8 th 9th 65 . at Appomattox Court ouse , ; battle of Appomattox ( ) , ’ . 0 0 63 . 9 . Pascagoula , Miss , taken by Union tr ps and abandoned , Lee sur ’ n 5 rendered ; Spanish Fort , ear Mobile , and other forts , captured , 6 . — ’ ’ 62 . F T 63 . 1 0 . Fort Pulaski surrendered , Battle of ranklin , enn . , A c ’ — ’ 4 ’ n 6 . A n l oth 1 3 th . E n a t D n . tio Prairie ( ) , Ark , vacuation of Mobile begu , 65 ’

6 1 . 1 1 . Surrender of Sumter demanded , Union troops under Gen ; . A . ’ Q Ga . 62 . Gillmore captured Fort Pulaski , , Montgomery , Ala . , surrendered to ’

65 . Ge n . Wilson ,

1 2 . Beginning of the war Sumter bombarded ; Pennsylvania appropriated ’ ’

6 1 . A H 6 . . 4 to arm the state , ction at Pleasant ill Landing , La , Cap ’

64 . ture of Fort Pillow and murder of the garrison , Mobile occupied by Unio n ’ ’ troops ; Stoneman defeated confederates at Grant s Creek , 65 . — ’ ’ 6 1 . . 1 2th 1 4 1 3 . Sumter surrendered , Battle of Irish Bend , La , to th . 63 . ’ ’ . 6 4 . N . . 65 . A ction at Moscow , Ark , Sherman occupied Raleigh , O , — ’ ’ 62 . u T . 63 . 1 4 . Bombardment of Fort Pillow , Battle of Bayo eche , La , ’ Gunboat ex pedition from Butler s army captured prisoners and stores at Smith ’ ’

a . 64 . n . fi e ld, V , President Lincol shot by J Wilkes Booth in Ford s theatre , ’

65 . Washington, ’ —" 1 5 . Lincoln s proclamation for volunteers issued ; extra session of ’ e 6 congress called ; New York legislatur voted men and 1 . 8 A N A OF TH E A C LE D R CIVIL W R .

k ’ A r . 64 A ction at Liberty , ; gunboat Chenango exploded , . President Lincoln ’ - A . M . died at Vice President Johnson sworn in as president , 65 .

— a fli n 1 6 . Confederate government called for troops ; Govs . M g o of

Kentucky , and Letcher of Virginia , refuse to furnish troops to the federal gov ’ ’ ’

n a . 6 1 . e r n m e t ; action at Lee s Hills , V , Admiral Porter s fleet ran the Vicks ’ ’

63 . Ga . 65 burg batteries , Columbus , , captured , . — 60 53 1 7 . Virginia seceded , to , the result to be submitted to the people Jeff erson Davis issued letters of mar"ue ; the Massachusetts Sixth regiment ’ ’

6 1 . 3 started for Washington , . Col Grierson s cavalry raid (ended May at ’ T . 63 Baton Rouge , La . ) began from Lagrange , enn , . Mosby surrendered to ’ 5 Hancock , 6 . ’ 1 8 . Pennsylvania volunteers in Washington ; Harper s Ferry arsenal burned to save it from the confederates ; two men killed by the confederates ’ ’62 6 1 . Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St Philip below New Orleans , ’ . 64 . T b e Action at Poison Springs , Ark Baltimore sanitary fair opened , ruce ’

65 . tween Sherman and Johnston ,

- l 9 . A ttack on the Massachusetts Sixth regiment in Baltimore , four men killed and seven wounded ; eleven of the m ob killed and many wounded ; blockade ’ ’ ’ ’ . N . . 62 . 5 of southern ports , 6 1 Battle of Camden , O , Lincoln s funeral , 6 . ’ S. . 6 1 . 2 0 . Confederates seized U . arsenal at Liberty , Mo , Fight at Pat ’ t 63 . . N . . e rson , Mo . , Gen Wessels surrendered Plymouth , O , to confederates , ’ ’

H . Ga . . 65 64 . Macon , , occupied ; Gen owell Cobb and others captured , — 2 1 . Norfolk navy yard destroyed ; Union government took the P hila de l ’ 6 1 - N . phia and Baltimore railroad , Salt works near Wilmington , C . , de ’

4 . . E . stroyed , 6 Gen Kirby Smith proclaimed that he could continue the ’ t b ’ rebellion ; Sherman s ruce disapproved y the authorities , 65 . — N . . . 2 2 . Arsenals at Fayetteville , O , and Napoleon , Ark , seized by the con ’ 1 federates Vermont legislature in extra s ession , 6 . — ’ 6 1 . 2 3 . First South Carolina regiment started for the Potomac , New York metropolitan sanitary fair closed ; Grant receiv ed the sword by vote of ’ ’ M c C le lla n 64 . ff to for , Je erson Davis fled to Georgia, 65 .

- 2 4 . Fort Smith , Ark . , seized by confederates ; Virginia proclaimed a ’

6 1 . member of the confederacy , Union fleet passed Forts Jackson and St . ’ 2 " 6 . T . Philip , uscumbia , Ala , occupied by Union troops , 63 . Battle at Cane ’ 4 River , 6 .

2 5 . New Orleans evacuated by the confederates ; Fort Macon surrendered , ' 2 6 . Confederate batteries at Duck River shoals in the T ennessee River silenced ’ ’ k ’ b 63 . A r . 64 . y gunboats , Action at Marks Mills , ,

2 6 . Cape Girardeau , Mo . , attacked unsuccessfully by confederates under ’

M 2 . armaduke , 6 Johnston surrendered men to Sherman ; Booth was ’ s H 65 . hot , and arold captured , V ‘ 1 2 7 . Blockade of irginia and North Carolina ports , 6 . Union flag raised ’ ’ at 62 . in V n H New Orleans , Stoneman s raid irginia (ended May 8 ) Ge . ooker ’ moved on Fredericksburg ; Streight s expedition from T us cumbia , Ala . , to ’

R . . 63 . ome , Ga (captured by Conf Forrest , May — ’ . 62 . 2 8 . Forts Jackson and St Philip surrendered , Hooker crossed the ’ R a a ha n n ock 63 . pp , War department issued orders to reduce army expenses , ’ 65 . — 2 9 . Indiana legislature voted to arm the state with ; first con

. 5 federate congress at Montgomery , Ala ; Maryland house by 3 to 1 3 , and the ’

1 . 6 a . senate unanimously , voted against secession , Battle of Fairmont , W . V ; ’ ’

3 . Porter s fleet bombarded Grand Gulf , Miss . , 6 Proclamation by the president ’

65 . removing restrictions on international trade , — ’ 2 ’ . 6 . n 3 0 . Siege of. Corinth , Miss , Grant s army landed ear Port Gibson , ’ ’ ’6 ’ A r k . 4 . Miss . , 63 . Action at Jenkin s Ferry , , Paroling of Johnston s troops ’ ’

65 . at Greensboro , A N A E THE A C LE D R o CIVIL W R .

M A".

’ - 62 . 1 . Butler occupied New Orleans , Union victory at Port Gibson ; be g in ’ ’ V 63 . ning of Grant s campaign against icksburg , Commodore W . D . Porter ’

64 . died , ’ — T he d 2 2 , guerilla Morgan capture Union troops at Pulaski , T enn . , 6 . 4 C ha n c e llo r s vrlle b H May 2 to , battle of , etween ooker and Lee ; confederate ’ ’ 63 . f Je tf e r s o n victory , Reward of o fered for capture of Davis , 65 . — 3 . Connecticut voted Virginia militia called out ; President ’ ’

6 1 . Lincoln called for three years volunteers , Battle of Farmington , ’ ’

62 . Miss . , Grant s army crossed the Rapidan toward Chancellorsville and the ’ 64 . Wilderness , — ’ V a . 62 . f V a 4 . Battle of Williamsburg , , Siege of Su folk , . , raised ; end of ’ ’ 63 . 4 the battle of Chancellorsville , Reconstruction bill pas sed , 6 . Lincoln ’

T 65 . buried ; Gen . Dick aylor surrendered , — ’ ’ V a . 62 . . . V a lla n di ha m 5 , Battle of Williamsburg, , C L g arrested , 63 . L e 5 9 e attacked Grant at the Wilderness , May to ; battle of Rocky Face ridge , ’ ’

. 64 . Ga . action at Dunn s Bayou , La , — 69 1 6 . A rkansas seceded , to ; confederate congress published the war and ’ ’ 6 1 H R a a ha n n o c k 3 privateering act , ooker retreated across the pp , 6 ; battle of ’

64 . the Wilderness continued , — T ’ 7 . Military league formed between ennessee and the confederacy , 6 1 . ’ ’ 62 . V a . Battle of West Point , , Kilpatrick s cavalry completed the circuit of ’ ’ 3 . L ee s army , 6 Lee attacked Grant ; Butler defeated at Bermuda Hundred ; ’

4 . V a . 6 battle of Stony Creek station, , — ’ ’ T 6 1 . 8 . ennessee seceded , Monitor and gunboats attacked Sewall s Point ; w ’ 2 ’ D o e ll V a . 6 . H b M c 63 . attle of , , Bombardment of Port udson , Action at ‘ ’ V a . 1 8 tts lv n i I odd s T avern , ; Grant pursued Lee to May to Sp o y a a Court ’

H 64 . ouse , — 9 . Confederate congress authorized the president to accept all volunteers , ” . H 6 1 . Gen unter issued emancipation proclamation ; Pensacola evacuated by ’ ’ 6 2 . V the confederates , irginia battles continued Swift Creek and Cloyd s ’ 9th—1 3th ’ 64 . mountain ; Gen . Sedgwick killed ; Sheridan s cavalry raid ( ) , — . E . 1 0 . Gen . R Lee put at the head of the confederate army in Virginia , ’ 6 1 . Surrender of Norfolk ; Gosport navy yard burned ; gunboat battle at ’ H ’ 62 . r 63 . Fo t Pillow , Stonewall Jackson died ; Port udson batteries silenced , ’ tt s lva n ia 64 . Battle of Sp o y , ’

- 62 . H 1 1 . Confederates destroyed the Merrimac , Battle of orse shoe ’

K . 63 Bend , y , Grant proposes to fight it out on this line , if it takes all sum H ’ 64 . mer ; Butler intrenche d at Bermuda undred , Davis and Reagan captured ’ - 1 . f L t . T C 0 . a t Irwinville , Ga . , by Pritchard ; Jef hompson surrendered , 65 — ’ t 6 2 . 1 2 . Natchez taken by Union roops , Battle of Raymond , Miss . ’ 63 . M c P he r s o n defeated the confederates under Gregg , Action at Fort Darling — 1 2t h l 6th c . V a . ( ) ; Sherman arried the confederate position at Dalton ; Conf ’

V a . 64 . E Gen . J . E . B . Stuart killed in , ngagement near Boco Chico , the last ’

6 5 . engagement of the war , V ’ ’6 1 1 3 . Queen ictoria s proclamation of neutrality, Yazoo City , Miss . , ’ M c Phe r s o n a 63 . . captured by gunboats , Gen c ptured nine trains of military ’ ’ T x . 5 f e 6 . 64 . o n stores , Action at Palmetto Ranche , , Je ferson Davis released ’ bail , 67. — ’ ’ ’ 63 . ff 64 1 4 . Jackson , Miss . , captured , Battle of Drury s Blu , , 1 0 CA N A F THE LE D R O CIVIL WA R .

— ’ H . . 1 1 5 . Gov icks of Maryland called for volunteers , 6 Grant defeated ’ E . 63 . Pemberton at dwards Station , Miss , Union victory at Resaca ; Gen . Sigel defeated at Newmarket , V a . , 64 . — ’ 0. 1 6 . Lincoln nominated for president , 6 Bridges on the Baltimore and ’ ’

6 1 . . V a . 6 2 . Ohio railroad destroyed , Battle at Princeton , W , United States transport Oriental wrecked ; Grant defeated Pemberton at Champion Hills , ’ h— ’ H a . 4 . 63 . 1 6t 30th V 6 Miss . , Fighting ( ) at Bermuda undred , ,

1 7 . Spies arrested in Washington confederate congress authorized ’ ’

1 . 62 . treasury notes , 6 Confederates driven across the Chickahominy , Battle ’

63 . of Big Black River , Miss . , South Carolina union convention at Beaufort ; ’

64 . Ga . Rome , , captured , — 1 8 . Arkansas admitted to the confederacy ; express packages not s ent ’ ’ 3 . 6 1 . 6 south of Washington , Grant besieged Vicksburg , Action at Calhoun ’

4 . . 6 Station , La ’ 1 9 . Lincoln revoked Hunter s emancipation proclamation ; battle of Searcy ’ ’ ’ l kis t n s 62 . a c o 64 . . B e La nding , Ark , Island lighthouse destroyed by confederat s , ’

65 . Davis arrived at Fortress Monroe ,

. M a oflin 2 0 . North Carolina seceded " Gov g proclaimed Kentucky neutral , ’ ’

63 . 6 1 . Fighting before Vicksburg , Confederates attacked Ames s division of ’ ’

64 . d a uthor i Butler s army , Confederate ram Stonewall surren ered to Spanish ’

65 . ties in Cuba , ’

6 1 . 2 1 . Confederate Congress adj ourned , h ’ ’ 2 6 1 . 2 . Union troops destroyed S ip Island fortifications , Grant s attack ’

V . N . . on icksburg repulsed ; battle at Gum Swamp , O , 63 Southern ports ’ opened, 65 .

’ 2 3 M c C le lla n s n Fr t . Part of army crossed the Chickahomi y ; battles at op ’ — V a . 62 . 23d 27th Royal , Lewisburg , and Mechanicsville , , Action ( ) at North ’ Anna River , V a . , 64 .

’ 2 . E h A m 4 6 1 . . Col llsworth s ot at lexandria ; southern ails stopped , Banks ’ 6 2 . retreated to Winchester ; battle of the Chickahominy , Sheridan destroyed ’

n . the Danville railroad ear Richmond , 64

’ 2 — the V . 2 5 . Banks retreated to Potomac ; battle of Winchester , a , 6 . ’

n a . 4 Union victory ear Dallas , G , 6 . 2 — V ’ 6 . New Orleans blockaded ; strong Union vote in West irginia , 6 1 . ’ — T . 2oth 29th orpedo explosion at Bachelor s Creek , N C . ; fighting ( ) at Decatur ’

l A la . 64 . and Mou ton , Louisiana state convention abolished s lavery , Gen . E . ’ Kirby Smith and army surrendered to Gen . Canby , 6 5 . — w . M cD e ll 2 7 . Gen o put in command at Washington ; Mobile blockaded ; ’ ’ - d 1 . 6 H H V a . 2 Mississippi River blockade , Battle of anover Court ouse , , 6 . ’ H ‘ ’ 63 . Bank s assault on Port udson repulsed with heavy loss , Lee retreated ’

64 . toward Ric hmond ,

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6 1 . 2 . 8 . Savannah blockaded , Confederates retreated from Corinth , Miss , ’ ’

2 . 6 63 . First colored regiment from the North left Boston , A ction at Salem ’ ’

. 64 . church , Va Sherman repulsed Longstreet s attack at Dallas , — ’ ff 6 1 . A T h 2 9 . Je erson Davis reached Richmond , ction nea r horoug fare ’ ’ P a ni un k 4 T . 63 . 6 . Gap , enn , Grant crossed the y , President Johnson issued ’

65 . an amnesty proclamation , — ’ l . 3 0 . Union troops occupied Front Royal ; battle at Boonevil e , Miss , 62 . ’ ’ Grant begun earthworks at Vicksburg , 63 . Grant repulsed Lee s attack north ’

4 . of the Chickahominy , 6

’ - . n . 6 1 . 3 1 . Maj Ge s Banks and Freemont commissioned , Battle of Seven '

2 . V a . 6 Pines and Fair Oaks , , Freemont nominated for president and Gen . ’ - 6 4 . Cochrane for vice president , Brazil withdrew belligerent rights from the ’ 5 confederates , 6 . A N A OF THE A C LE D R CIVIL W R . 1 1

JUN E .

’ ’ - H 6 1 . 1 6 2 . . Cavalry action at Fairfax Court ouse , Battle at Seven Pines , ’

H 64 . Confederate attack at Cold arbor defeated , Day of humiliation and praye r ’ ’

i 65 . on account of L ncoln s death ,

2 . Burnside prohibited the circulation of the New York World and Chicago ’ ’

63 . . T H a . 64 imes in the department of the Ohio , Action at Bermuda undred , V , ’ 5 Kirby Smith and Magruder formally surrendered at Galveston , 6 . — ’ - . V . 6 1 . 3 . Action at Phillippi , W a Border State Convention , Union troops m land on James Island , near Charleston ; Lee took co mand of confederate ’ - 62 . army , New York supreme court decided against legal tender notes ; con ’ H v n n 6 . e tio of New York peace democrats , 3 Battles of Cold arbor and Panther ’

64 . Gap , ’ ’

62 . 4 . Confederates abandoned and burned Fort Pillow , Burnside s order regarding World and T imes revoked ; Gillmore relieved Hunter of the depart H ’ d ment of the South ; battle of Franklin , ampton s cavalry defeate ’ ’ 4 at Howe s store , 6 . ’ ’ —" V a . 63 . A t 5 . Raid to Warwick River , , Sherman s army fell back toward

V a . 64 . lanta ; battle of Piedmont , ,

- o f 6 . Union troops occupied Memphis ; fierce gun boat fight ; battle ’ ’ ’ 3 a . 62 . 6 . Harrisonburg , V , Fight at Milliken s Bend , Action at Lake Chicot , ’

64 . Ark . night attack on Burnside repulsed , — 7 . Confederate battery silenced at Chattanooga ; confederate executed for ’

. 2 a . tearing dow n a Un ion flag at New Orleans ; battle of Cross Keys , V , 6

Lincoln and Johnson nominated for president and vice - president ; Philadelphia ’ ’ sanitary fa ir opened ; Morgan s raid on Kentucky begun , 6 4 . ’ ’

w T . 63 . 8 . T o confederate spies shot at Franklin , enn , Sherman s advance ’ ’ w 64 . on Kenesa range ; Gillmore s raid on Richmond fortifications , — ’ 2 ’ 1 . 6 . H a 9 . Batt e of Fort Republic , V a , Part of ooker s rmy crossed the ’

ha n c k . R app a o ; battle of Beverly Ford , 63 ; Gen Burbridge defeated the con ’

9 64 . federates at Mount Sterling . June to 30, battle of Kenesaw Mountain , ’ - 1 . S C 1 0 . Confederate victory at Big Bethel , 6 Battle of James Island , , ’ ’ ’ 2 . 64 . 6 . Confederate congress adj ourned ; battle of Brice s Cros s Roads , Miss , — ’ 6 1 . 1 1 . Wheeling convention , Democratic peace meeting in Brooklyn , ’ ’ ” - 64 . T l K . 63 . Sheridan s victory at revil ian Station ; action at Cynthiana , y , fi 1 2 . Confederate privateer Clarence captured six vessels o Chesapeake , ’ ’ 4 6 . 63 . Grant cros sed the Chickahominy , — ’ 6 1 . V 63 . 1 3 . Confederate fast day , Battle of Winchester , a Fugitive 63 1 5 slave law repealed in the house of representatives , to ; battles of White ’

4 . V a . 6 Oak Swamp Bridge , and Charles City Cross Roads , , All ports east of the ’6 Mississippi proclaimed to be open , July 1 , 5 ’ ’ ’ — k s s H 6 1 . B a n 1 4 . Confederates evacuated arper s Ferry , attack on Port ’ H 63 . k udson repulsed , . Grant crossed to the South of the James ; Gen Pol ’ killed , 64 . 1 2 A N OF TH E C A R C LE DAR IVIL W .

— ’ 3 . 1 5 . Lee invaded Maryland ; Lincoln called for men , 6 Battle ’ ’

a . of Baylor s Farm ; action at Samaria church , V , 64 . — ’ ’ S C 62 . H 1 6 . Battle at Secessionville , , Confederate attack on arper s ’ ’

F 3 . 6 . A 64 erry defeated , ttack on the Union line at Petersburg repulsed , — 1 7 West Virginia voted itself independent of the other part of the state ; ’ ’

. 6 1 . . . 62 . Union victory at Booneville , Mo , Battle at St Charles , Ark Confederate

V a . 3 . ram Atlanta captured by the Weehawken ; battle at Aldie , , 6 Confederates ’ abandoned intrenchments at Bermuda Hundred ; action at Lynchburg , V a . , 64 . ’

H . . E . 65 . A . Stephens and R Lee applied for pardon , — ’ 2 . n H . 6 1 8 . Skirmish before Richmond ; U ion defeat near ernando , Miss , ’ ’

64 . Grant s attack on confederate works repulsed , ’

63 . T he 1 9 . Confederate cavalry raid into Harrison County , Ind . , Alabama ’ 4 ff 6 . sunk o Cherbourg by the Kearsarge , ’

c le lla n 6 1 . 2 0 . M C took command in West Virginia , Union troops occupied ’ 2 H . . olly Springs , Miss , 6 West Virginia admitted to Union ; Vicksburg bom ’ H ’ 4 barded , 63 . Fitzhugh Lee and ampton repulsed at White House , 6 . — ’ 6 1 . . 2 1 . E ast T ennessee Union convention , Battle of Battle Creek , T enn , ’ ’

2 . . . 3 . 6 Battle of La Fourche Crossing , La ; battle of Upperville , V a , 6 Bat ’ ’

64 . tle of Davis s Farm , confederate victory , — ’ . H 2 2 . Skirmish at Frederick , Md , 63 . ouse of repres entatives resolved ’

64 . to abolish slavery ; battle on the Weldon road , — 2 3 . Battle of Big Black River , Mo . ; battle of Brashear City , La . ; con ’ = federates occupied Chambersburg ; beginni ng of Rosecrans s M u r fr e e s bo ip ’ ’

63 . A 6 4 campaign , ttack on the Weldon railroad , confederate victory , . Presi ’

65 . dential proclamation rescinding the blockade on all United States ports , ’

6 1 . 2 4 . T ennessee voted itself out of the Union , to Mary land constitutional convention abolished slavery ; confederate victory at Staunton ’

4 . Bridge , 6 — 2 5 . Virginia seceded by vote of to Iowa issued war loan ’ ’ of 6 1 . Beginning of the seven days battle before Richmond ; battle of

Mechanicsville ; confederates destroyed their gunboats on the Mississippi ; Gen . ’ 2 Pope in command of the army of Virginia , 6 . ’

6 . 2 6 . Confederates occupied Gettysburg ; death of Admiral Foote , 3 ’ - i 62 2 7 . Bombardment of Vicksburg ; Fremont rel eved , . Battles of ’ ’ ’ ’ ’

63 . M c P he r s o n s T Gaines s Mill and Golding s Farm , and homas s attack south ’

f 64 . west o Kenesaw Mountain repuls ed , — ’62 ’ . 6 3 . 2 8 . Battle of Chickahominy , Battle of Donaldsonville , La . , ’ ’

H 63 . 4 Meade superseded ooker , Battle of Stony Creek , 6 . — ’ ’ 2 m ’ 6 . e a s s 2 9 . Battle of Savage s Station , Battle of R Station and of ’ ’ ’ 64 . 65 . Peach Orchard , Close of the conspirators trial at Washington , ’ B 62 . w 3 0 . attle of White Oak Swamp , Johnston evacuated Kenesa ’

64 . Mountain ; Salmon P . Chase resigned as secretary of the treasury, A N A H C LE D R OF T E CIVIL WA R . 1 3

JUL".

1 . Lincoln called for troop s ; battle of Malvern Hill ; Sheridan ’

62 . . defeated Chalmers at Booneville , Miss . , Battle of Gettysburg begun ; Gen ’ Reynolds killed , 63 . W . P . Fessenden accepted the secretaryship of the ’ 4 6 . treasury ,

2 . West Virginia legislature organized at Wheeling ; ac tion at Falling ’ ’

1 6 3 . . Waters , Md . , 6 . Battle of Gettysburg continued , Confederate Gen ’

64 . E well invaded the Shenandoah Valley in three columns , ’

6 . E 1 H V a . 3 . Arkansas called out men , Battle at lvington eights , , ’ ’ h 2 63 . T . . fi t 6 . Union victory at Gettysburg , ravel on B O road stopped ; g — ’ 4 3d 5 th Ga . 6 . ing ( ) at Smyrna , ,

4 . E xecutive session of congress ; New Hampshire voted 8 1 loan , ’

H A r k . 63 . 6 1 . Battle of elena , ; Vicksburg surrendered to Grant , Mosby s ’ 4 6 . cavalry crossed the Potomac at Point of Rocks , ’ 5 . Battle at Carthage , Missouri , 6 1 . Confederate attack on colored brigade ’ 4 ’ H 6 . 5 6 . 6 4 . near Port udson defeated , July and , battle of Jackson , Miss , ’ ’

62 . s 6 . Battle of Grand Prairie , Ark . , John Morgan s confederate ’

63 . H . invaded Indiana , agerstown , Md , evacuated by Union troops ; action — ’ 6th l oth t Ga . 64 . ( ) on the Chat ahoochee River , , ’ th 62 . e 7 . Union victory at Bayou Cache , Ark . , Bragg retreated across ’ ’ - 3 r 6 . H 6 4 . E T ennessee River , Confede ate raiders held arper s Ferry , xecution ’ t z H A e r odt . 5 . of arold , Payne , , and Mrs Surratt , 6 ’

63 . 8 . Surrender of Port Hudson ; the Mississippi River opened , Gen . ’

64 . Wallace evacuated , and the confederates occupied , Frederick , ’

6 . 9 . Fremont put in command of the Western department , 1 Beginning o f — ’ h 6th 63 . . 9t 1 actions about Jackson , Mis s ( ) , Confederate victory at Monocacy , ’

4 . Md . , 6 1 0 o n . Gilmore landed Morris Island and captured the forts ; assault on ’ ’ 4 63 . 6 . Fort Wagner , Johnston retreated to the fortifi cations around Atlanta , ’ 1 1 . Union victory at Rich Mountain , V a . , 6 1 . Halleck appointed com ’ - in - 62 - T mander chief , . Destruction of confederate salt works at ampa Bay and ’ 4 stores at Dutch Gap , 6 .

1 2 . Morgan invaded Ohio ; martial law at Cincinnati , Newport , and ’ ’

63 . n 64 . Covington , Confederate raid seven miles from Washingto , i ’ a r r ckf r d . V . 1 3 . Battle of C o , W a , 6 1 . Confederates captured Mur ’ ’ ’ fr e e s bor 62 . n T . 63 . o , Actio at Jackson , enn ; draft riot in New York , July ’

1 3 1 4 1 5 fi ve 64 . , , and , Forrest defeated in battles ,

r m v 1 4 . Battle of Fayetteville , Ark . ; Gen . Pope took command of the a ’ 2 E lk V 6 . . a T . of irginia , Battle of Falling Waters , Md ; b ttle of River , enn ; ’ New York draft riot continued , 63 .

1 5 . Confederate gunboat Arkansas ran the Union fleet and reached ’

62 . H V a . T Vicksburg , Battle of alltown , ; draft riots in New York , roy , and ’ B oston , 63 . 1 4 CA N A OF TH E C I A R LE D R IV L W .

’ ’ E n d 1 6 . of New York draft riot ; many rioters killed , 63 . Sherman s ’ 64 . army crossed the Chattahoochee . in pursuit of Johnston ,

H . T e r . 1 7 . Battle of oney Springs , Ind ; battle of Canton , Miss . ; orders ’

63 . issued to enforce the draft at all hazards , Union victory at Grand Gulf , ’ 4 6 . — ’ ’ a . 6 1 . 1 8 . Confederate victory at Blackburn s Ford , V , Action at Mem ’ ’ ’

62 . 63 . phis , Mo . , Gillmore s assault on Fort Wagner defeated , Crook defeated ’ E arly at Snicker s Gap ; Union victory a t Peach T ree Creek ; call for ’

64 . men , ’

6 1 . B 1 9 . Banks superseded Patterson in command on the Potomac , attle ’

62 . B uffi n t on O . 63 . at Memphis , T enn . , Battle of g Island , , ’ ’

6 1 . 4 . 2 0 . Confederate congress met in Richmond , Battle before Atlanta , 6 — ’ 6 1 . 2 1 . Battle of Bull Run confederate victory , — ’ ’ M c le lla n th 6 1 . 2 2 . C put in command of e army of the Potomac , Hood s assault o n Sherm a n at Atlanta defeated ; Louisiana state conventio n adopte d ’ M c Phe r s o n H constitution abolishing slavery ; Gen . shot in ood s first sortie ’ 4 n 6 . from A tla ta , — ’ 63 . A 2 3 . Battle of Manassas Gap , . Gen verill defeated at Winchester , ’ V a . , 64 . ’

k . 63 . 2 4 . S irmish with Morgan at Washington , O , — ’ ’ 2 . 2 5 . Lincoln s proclamation of the confiscation act , 6 ’ l lla n 62 M c e . 2 6 . Halleck superseded C , Morgan and all his men captur ed ’ M c 63 . . C o ok th near New Lisbon , O . , Gen defeated by confederates on e ’

64 . Macon and Western railroad , K ’ 2 t 63 . 2 8 a t 2 7 . Confederate victory at Richmond , y . , July 7 and , bat les ’ 4 . Deep Bottom , New Market , and Malvern Hill , V a . , 6 — ’ ’ i . 2 6 . 2 8 . Un on victory at Moore s Mills , Mo , Second sortie from Atlanta , ’

64 .

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K . 62 2 9 . Guerillas defeated at Mount Sterling , y , . — ’ K . 62 . 3 0 . Action at Paris , y , Lincoln issued an order for retaliation of ’

63 . . barbarous treatment , Mine explosion before Petersburg , Va Union ’

4 . defeat ; Chambersburg burned , 6 ’ h n n k 3 1 . Lee and Meade again on the R a pp a a o c , 63 .

1 6 F THE CALEN DAR O CIVIL WA R .

0 2 . Quantrell , the guerilla , sacked and burned Lawrence , Kan . , and m ’6 3 urdered citizens , . ’ 2 1 R a a ha n n ck 62 . Confederate attempt to cross the pp o , . Ros ecrans ’

63 . attacked Chattanooga , Confederate attack on the Weldon railroad repulsed ; ’ V a . ut battle of Summit Point , ; Forrest took Memphis and was driven o , 64 . ’

6 . T rial of Wirz , the Andersonville j ailer , 5 ’ 2 6 . . fi . 2 2 . Reception to Col . Corcoran in New York , Gen Je C T homps on ’

f 63 . i . and sta f captured , Un on victory at Canton , Ky Johnson , the confederate ’64 commander , killed , . H ’ 2 2 3 . Battle of Big ill , Ky . Fight between Pope and the confederates , 6 . ’ l s ix 63 . Charleston she led at nearly miles distance , Fort Morgan surrendered ,

— ’ 2 4 . Cavalry skirmishes near Fredericksburg and Fairfax , 68 . Gens . H 24 H . a t . eron and Lee took Clinton , Miss actions Bermuda undred , Va ( and 24—2 H ’6 7 V a . 4 . and ( ) at alltown , , — ’ ’ 2 . e m s s 2 5 . Confederate attack on Donelson , 6 Battle of R a Station i ’ m thfi e ld a . 64 . Hancock lost heavily ; battle of S , V , — ’ H N . . 2 6 . Union expedition sailed for Fort atteras , O , 6 1 . Confederates ’ ’ ’

2 . 3 . took Manassas Junction , 6 . Battle of Rocky Gap , V a , 6 Kilpatrick s raid ’ 4 on the Macon railroad , 6 . ’

ull . 62 . B . V a 2 7 . Battle of Run Bridge , Va battle of Kettle Run , , John ’ B . Floyd died , 63 . — ’ m b r dm . 2 8 . B o a é n t and capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark , 6 1 Second ’ ith l ’ 4 62 . E m fi e d 6 . battle of M anassas , arly driven through S , — 2 9 . Battle at Groveton and Gainsville , Va . battle at Manchester , T enn . , ’ ’ l ll - 4 2 c e a n a 6 . 6 . M C nomin ted for president and Pendleton for vice president ,

3 0 . Second battle of Bull Run , confederate victory ; battles of Bolivar , ’

. 62 . T enn . , and of Richmond , K y , Sherman put his whole army between ’ ’

n s b r 64 . A tlanta and Hood at Jo e o o , — ’ ’ k . 63 . n e s b r A r . o o o 3 1 . Fort Smith , , captured by Gen Blunt , Battle of J ,

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4 . Ga . , A ug . 3 1 and Sept . 1 , 6 1 7 CA LEN DA R OF TH E CIVIL WA R .

SE PTEM BE R .

i 1 Battle of Chantilly , V a . ; Gens . Kearney and Stevens k lled ; Burnside ’ ’

T . 62 . H e v evacuated Frede r icksburg ; battle of Britton s Lane , enn , ood a cu ’ ’65 64 . . ated Atlanta , Removal of all restrictions on Southern ports , ’ - le lla n 62 . 2 . M c C assigned to command the defences of Washington , Con ’ federates before Petersburg cheered M c C lella n s nomi nation ; A tlanta captured ’ 4 by Sherman , 6 . ’ ni 3 . Union cavalry victory near Murfreesboro ; U on victories at Darkes

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i . 64 . ville and Perryv lle , V a , ’ 62 . 4 . Oreto ran the blockade into Mobile , Burnside occupied Knoxville , ’ ’ . 4 T . 6 . 63 . Morgan was routed and killed by Gen Gillam at Greenville , enn , ’ ’ ’ 62 . in 63 . 5 . Confederates invaded Maryland , Women s bread riot Mobile ,

- O c m ul e e 6 . First capture by the Alabama (the whaler g battle of ’ ’

. 62 . 63 . Washington , N . O , Morris Island evacuated by the confederates , ’

64 . Battle of Matamoros , — ’ 2 7. Gen . Pope relieved of command of the army of Virginia , 6 . Union ’

63 . . troops captured Fort Wagner , S C , Confederate Gen Dibbles surprised ’

64 . at Readyville , ’ ’

a 62 . 8 . Gen . Lee s proclamation to M ryland , Confederate Col . Jessie and ’ 4 1 00 men captured near Ghent , K y . , 6 . — e ’62 m 9 . Conf derates evacuated Fredericksburg , . Cu berland Gap captured ’ ’ 63 . A . by Gen . Shackleford , Sherman concentrated near tlanta , 64 ’ - i V a . 6 1 . 1 0 . Rosecrans defeated Floyd at Carn fex Ferry , , Levy e n m a s s e ’ 2 . hi in Pennsylvania to repel invasion , 6 Grant advanced s perma nent lin e half ’ 4 6 . a mile , — ’ H . 62 . 1 1 . agerstown , Md , occupied by confederates , Little Rock , Ark . , ’ 63 . occupied by Union troops , — ’ H . 2 1 2 . ooker occupied Frederick City , Md , 6 . Failure of the Sabine Pass ’

63 . expedition , ’ ’ ’ - . 62 . H . 2 2 . 1 3 . Fight at Middleton , Md , arper s Ferry battle , Sept 1 to 1 5 , 6 — V a . m . M u f r ds ville K . 1 4 . Battle of South Mountain , ; battle of o , y , Sept ’ ’ 1 4 1 2 . to 6 , 6 Price and men crossed the White River for Mis souri , 64 . ’ Chiefs of the rebel Indians renounced the confederacy , 65 . — ’s 1 5 . Harper Ferry surrendered to the confederates ; attempt to blockade

’ ‘ ’ i 62 . the Oh o River , Lincoln suspended the habeas corpus act , 63 . ’ n 3 i i 6 . T 1 6 . Sk rmishes at Chatta ooga , h rteenth Pennsylvani a regiment — and cattle captured at Sycamore church ; action ( 1 6th 1 8 th) at Fort Gib I ’ 4 T . s on , . , 6 . ’ — n 2 1 7 . Battle of Antietam ; U ion troops evacuated Cumberland Gap , 6 .

— i - 1 8 . Maryland leg slature closed by the provost marshal , and all the con ’ M c He n r 1 . federate sympathizers sent to Fort y , 6 Confederates evacuated ’

62 . Sharpsburg and recrossed the Potomac , Gen . Averill drove the confederates ’

4 . out of Martinsburg , 6 A F TH E A 1 8 C LEN DAR O CIVIL W R .

— H ’ ’ 2 1 9 . Battle of Iuka , Miss . ; confederates evacuated arper s Ferry , 6 . ’6 Beginning of the battle of Chickamauga, 3 . Battle of Winchester ; Sheridan

“ " sent E arly whirling up the valley battle at Powder Mill , or Little Rock ’ 4 . River , 6 — ’ 2 0 . Confederate Gen . Price captured Col . Mulligan at Lexington , Mo . , 6 1 . ’ ’ ’

V a . 62 . Battle of Blackburn s Ford , , Confederate victory at Chickamauga , 63 . ’

A la . 64 . Forrest captured A thens , , — 2 1 . John C . Breckenridge "oined the confederacy ; engagement at Osceola , ’ ’

. 63 . Mo , 6 1 . Rosecrans retreated from Chickamauga to Chattanooga , ’ ’ ’ - 62 . 2 2 . Lincoln s emancipation proclamation issued , Sheridan s victory at ’ ’

64 . Fisher s Hill , — ’ ’ 63 . e 2 3 . Meade s army reached the Rapidan, Pric occupied Bloomfield , ’

. 4 . Mo , 6 — u e 2 4 . Count de Paris and the D de Chartres became aides to M c C le lla n ; ’ 6 1 . great review at Washington , Convention of loyal governors at A ltoona , ’ P a . , 62 . — ’ 3 . 2 5 . Mosby broke the railroad near Fairfax , 6 — ’6 1 E ’ 2 6 . Federal fast day , . arly retreated to Brown s Gap in the Blue ’

. 4 6 . Ridge ; battle of Pilot Knob , Mo , — ’ 6 1 . A K . 2 7 . Fremont opened his campaign , ugusta , y , destroyed by the ’ 2 T 39th confederates , 6 . hree Union companies of Missouri regiment at Cen ’

i 4 . t r a l a massacred by Price , 6 — ’ a . 2 8 . Confederate attack on Burnside ne r Knoxville repulsed , 63 Battle ’ of New Market Heights ; night attack on Hancock s front on Jerusalem plank = ’

4 . road repulsed , 6

2 9 . Gen . Davis shot Gen . Nelson at Cincinnati ; Union defeat above Port ’

63 . Hudson , ’ 2 3 0 . Battle of Newtonia , Mo . , 6 . Confederate cavalry defeated at Harri ’ ’ 63 . T . son s Landing , enn , Renewed fighting at New Market Heights , con ’ 4 a . 6 . federate victory ; action at Poplar Springs church , V , A N A OF THE A 1 C LE D R CIVIL W R . 9

OC TOBE R .

’ i ll n 1 . Lincoln v sited M c C le a s arm y and urged movement acros s the Poto ’ ’ h s t wn 2 S e a r d o V a . . mac ; battle of p , ; Buell s army left Louisville , 6 Battle ’ ’ 3 T . 6 . of Anderson s Gap , enn , ’ ’

A K . . 2 . Union victory at nderson s Cross Roads , y , 63 Battle of Saltville , ’ V a . , 64 . — ’ a . 6 1 . 3 . Union victory at Greenbrier , V , . Battle of Corinth ; Gen Mor ’ gan retreated from Cumberland Gap , 62 . Sherman crossed the Chattahoochee ’ ’ 4 with 1 5 days rations , 6 . ff ’ ’ 2 H K . 6 1 . . 4 . Battle of Bu alo ill , y , Confederates defeated at Corinth , 6 ’ - . fi r e 63 . Four steamers burned at St Louis by bugs , " 5 . Gen . Robert Anderson in command in Kentucky , 61 . Battle of Meta ’ 62 . mora , Miss . , Union troops occupied Galveston , Confederates bombarded ’

3 . H Chattanooga from Lookout Mountain , 6 ood captured the garrisons of Big ’ ’

a . Shanty and A ckworth ; battle of Allatoona , G ; Sheridan s victory at T om s ’

64 . Brook , ’

l ll n 62 . 6 . M c C e a ordered to cross the Potomac and to give battle , A ction ’ ’ ’ 4 at Baxter Springs , Ark . , 63 . Hood s attack on Allatoona repulsed , 6 . ’

T n . 62 . 7 . Battle of La Vergne , en , Confederate steamers destroyed on ’

6 3 . D a r le t own H the Red River , Battle of y Road and New Market eights ; ’

US . 64 . pirate Florida captured at Bahia Bay , by steamer Wachusett , and sunk , ’ 2 . F r m in K . 6 a ha m K . 8 . Battle of Perryville , y , Union victories near g , y , ’ ’

63 . 6 4 . and Salem , Miss . , Union victory at Woodville , — 9 . Union forces advanced beyond the Potomac ; action at S anta Rosa , ’ ’ 6 1 . K . 62 . Fla . , Battle of Lawrenceburg , y , Defeat of confederate operations ’ h 63 . . 9t l 1 th against Rosecrans , Battle of Boonesville , Mo , to ; action at ’

V . 64 . Strasburg , a , ’ K . d 1 0 . Battle of Harrodsburg , y ; Stuart s cavalry raid in Marylan and ’ ’

62 . T . 63 . Pennsylvania , Battle of Blue Springs , enn , ’ hvi N a s e 6 . 1 . 1 1 . Steamer u escaped from Charleston , Confederate Gen ’ Buford and cavalry crossed the Cumberland River at Harpeth Shoals , 64 . ’ ’ ’

62 . 1 2 . Stuart s cavalry recrossed the Potomac , Battle of Ingham s

. h n n k Mills , Miss ; Mead withdrew to the north b ank of the R a pp a a oc ; battle ’ ’ . 63 . b of Merrill s Crossing , Mo , Drawn battle of three hours at Strasburg , e ’64 tween Longstreet and Sheridan , . Proclamation ending martial law in Ken ’ tucky , 65 . ’ 2 ’ 6 . 1 3 . Gen . Bragg evacuated Camp Dick Robinson , Battle of Catlett s ’

63 . Station , ’ 63 . 1 4 . Fight at Bristow Station , — 1 5 . T hree steamers from New York pursued the Nashville ; battle of ’ D ’ ’ k . 61 . 62 Lime Cree , Mo , raft in Boston and Baltimore , . Battle at M c L e a n s ’ ’ A . 64 . a . 63 . Ford , V , ction at Glasgow , Mo , ’ - on . 1 6 . Confederate raid Brownsville , Miss , 63 . 2 TH E 0 CA LEN DA R OF CIVIL WA R .

’ ' 1 0 2 1 6 1 . 1 7 . Battle of Ironton , Mo . , 7th t st , Lincoln called for ’ ’ 63 e . 64 . men , . Pric occupied Lexington , Mo , ’ — - K . 62 . i 1 8 . Morgan occupied Lexington , y , Maj Gen . Birney d ed at ’ 4 . Philadelphia , 6 — ’ 2 . R a a ha n n c k 1 9 . Fight near Nashville , 6 Lee recrossed the pp o and ’ ’ marched south , 63 . Battle of Cedar Creek ; Sheridan s arrival from Winchester ’ 1 64 . ( 1 5 miles away) turned defeat to victory , — ’ ’ 3 . 2 0 . Grant succeeded Rosecrans , 6 . Battle of Philadelphia , T enn , 63 . ’ 4 E arly retreated by night to Mount Jackson , 6 . — ’ ff . ff 2 1 Battle of Ball s Blu ; Gen Baker killed ; Gen . Zollico er defeated ’ n F 6 1 . at Wild Cat , Ky . Unio victory at redericktown , Confederates left ’ ’ 62 . . 63 . West Virgi nia , Battle of Cherokee Station , Ala , Battle of the Little ’

4 . Blue , Mo . , 6 — ’ - 62 . o 2 2 . Confederate salt works in Florida destroyed , Skirmishes at C ’

T . 3 . lumbia and Kingston Spring , enn , 6 — ’ A r k . 62 . 2 3 . Union victory at Maysville , ; battle of Pocotaligo , S. C . , ’ a a ha n n oc k 3 l Fight at Beverley Ford on the R pp , 6 . Batt e of Independence , Mo . , ’ 6 4 . m ’ 2 2 4 . Rosecrans succeeded Buell over the ar y of Kentucky , 6 . — ’ ’ n i s . 6 1 . 2 5 . Maj or Za g o y charge at Springfield, Mo , Fight near Manassas , ’ ’ 2 i ff A r k . 63 . 6 . Battle of P ne Blu , , Price defeated with loss of camp e"uipage ’ at Fort Scott road , 64 . — ’ ’ ’ . 1 . M c le lla n s 2 2 6 . Battle of Romney , W . V a , 6 C advance begun , 6 . Grant ’ '

63 . P le a s on t on e moved on Lookout M ountain , d feated Price at Mine Creek ; ’ Marmaduke and Cabell captured , 64 . — ’ ’ l 2 . L a ba die s vi le . W T . 3 2 7 . Battle of , La , 6 Battle of auhatchie , enn , 6 . ’ ’ ’ Hooker defeated the confederates at Brown s Ferry,63 . Grant s attack on the ’

a . South side railroad failed ; battle of Hatcher s Run , V ; battle of Fair Oaks , ’ 2 28 64 . V a . , Oct . 7 and , 2 8 — , Capture of Lookout Mountain by Grant ; afterward abandoned and ’ 63 . A occupied by the confederates , Confederate ram lbemarle destroyed by a

4 . torpedo boat on the Roanoke River , 6 ' 2 9 . Great naval expedition under Dupont from Fortress Monroe , 6 1 . ’ ’ ’

h odd s . . R y attack on Col Morgan s colored troops at Decatur , Ala , repulsed , 64 . ’

62 . 3 0 . Gen . Mitchell died at Port Royal , Heavy bombardment of ’ Charleston , 63 . ’ l e 3 1 . Skirmish at Maysvi le , Ky . Bank s exp dition landed at Brazos ’ Island , 62 . CA N F T 21 LE DAR O HE CIVIL WA R .

N OVE M BE R .

— - in - 1 . Gen . Winfield Scott resigned as commander chief , and Genera l ’ 1 . Mcc lellan succeeded him , 6 — 2 . Gen . Fremont removed ; steamer Bermuda ran the Savannah blockade , ’ ‘ ’ ’ 2 i 6 1 . . 6 . Gen Foster s expedition left Newbern , Un on victory at Roan Springs , ’ ’ T . 63 . 5 enn boat attack on Sumter failed , National thanksgiving for peace , 6 . E T ’6 1 3 . Union rising in ast ennessee , battle at Grand Coteau , La . actions ’ ’ s . 3 . A at Columbia and Collier ville , T enn , 6 Ram lbemarle destroyed , 64 .

’ ' — - 4 . Grant s army occupied Lagrange , Miss . ; Georgia salt works destroyed , ’ ’ ’ a n k s s 63 . 62 . B expedition occupied Brownsville ,

— M c le lla n 5 . Order issued for the removal of C ; battle of Nashville , T enn . , ’ ’63 62 . Confederates shelled Chattanooga , . Butler took command of troops in ’ 4 New York City , 6 . — ’ ’ 1 . M c le ll n s 6 C a . 6 . Lincoln elected , advance occupied Warrenton , V a ; ’ 2 6 . . battle of Garrettsburg , K y . , Guerillas plundered Blandville , K y ; battle ’

a . 63 . h of Droop Mountain , V , Confederate ram Shenandoa surrendered in — ’ - 5 the Mersey to an E nglish man of war , 6 . ’ — - b n 7 . Brig . Gen . Grant commanded at attle of Belmont , Mo . , 6 1 . M c C le lla

n removed and Burnside appointed ; battle of Marianna , Ark . ; negro troops e ’ ’ “ ’ 2 n gaged at Port Royal , 6 . Meade s army e gaged the confederates at Kelly s ’

63 . Ford and Rapidan Station , — ’ ’ H 2 . l 6 1 . 6 8 , Mason and Slidel taken , Battle of udsonville , Miss . , Lin ’ M c le lla n coln and Johnson elected , 64 . C resigned commission ; Sheridan made

’ - 4 m aj or general of regular army , 6 . — ’ ’ ’ 2 l 63 . 9 . Butler s se"uestration order issued , 6 . Meade in ine of battle , i ’ 4 Sherman ssued marching order for advance through Georgia , 6 . — 1 0 . Senator Chestnut of South Carolina resigned ; bill in the South Car ’ h olina le gislature for volunteers , 60. Union demonstration in Memp is , ’ ’

2 . 3 . 6 Confederates concentrated on the south bank of the Rapidan , 6 Night ’ ’ t 64 . E 65 . figh ing before Richmond , xecution of Captain Wirz , ’ - H 60. . 1 1 . Senator ammond of South Carolina resigned , Gen Halleck in ’6 comma nd of the W estern department , 1 . Charleston and Sumter shelled reg ’ l r l u a y , 63 . ’ 1 2 . Union meeting in A rkansas , 63 . About prisoners exchanged v ’ n A 4 . ear Fort Pulaski ; tlanta e acuated by the confederates , 6 — b i ’ 2 H . 6 1 3 . olly Springs , Miss , occupied y Un on troops , . Confederates ’ ’63 across the Potomac at E dward s Ferry , . Gen . Gillam defeated with heavy ’ ’

64 . l oss at Bull s Gap , ’ ’ ’ — ta he l s s 2 1 4 . Gen . S forces passed Snicker Gap , 6 . Longstreet forced ’ ’

H ff . 63 . Burnside back at Knoxville ; battle of u s Ferry , T enn , — ’ 60. 1 5 . Great public meeting at Mobile decla red the causes of secession ,

n t E Fr igate San Ja ci o brought Mason and Slidell , taken from the nglish steamer ’ ’

T 6 1 . A F e 62 . rent , to Fortress Monroe , ction at ayett ville , Va 22 C N OF THE A ALE DAR CIVIL W R .

— ’ 2 ’ 1 6 . Order for Sabbath observance issued , 6 . Battle of Campbell s Sta ’ T h ’ tion , T enn . ; Sherman s corps j oined omas at Chattanooga , 63 . Sherman left ’

64 . Atlanta on his march to the s ea, — ’ 2 1 7 . A rtillery fight near Fredericksburg, 6 . Siege of Knoxville , T enn . , ’ T e x . 63 . . begun ; battle of Mustang Island , , Gen Slocum burned the railroad ’ 4 statio n at Locust Circle , 6 . — 1 8 . Georgia voted for arming the State ; Maj . Anderson . ’ ’

60. 62 . ordered to Fort Moultrie , Burnside advanced opposite Fredericksburg , Slocum cut the Macon railroad ; the Georgia legislature fled from Milledge ’ 4 6 . ville , — ’ 60. 1 9 . E xecutive session of the Louisiana legi slature ordered , Confed ’ ’ m e t 6 1 d 63 . crate congress , . Gettysburg cemetery de icated , Madison ’

b 64 . captured and burned y Sherman , — i i 2 0 . Bank suspensions in Richmond , Baltimore , Wash ngton , Philadelph a , ’

6 . T renton , and the South , 0 Missouri confederate legislature passed secession " ’ 4 1 . H 6 . ordinance , 6 . Gen oward captured Milledgeville , ’ 2 2 1 . Surrender of Fredericksburg demanded , 6 . Union victory at Liberty , ’ ’ ’ 4 6 . 64 . Sherman defeated Wheeler s cavalry at Gordon , ’

62 . 2 2 . Order issued for the release of all State prisoners , Part of ’ ’

63 . a . 64 . Knoxville burned , Action at Griswoldville , G , ’ i F . 6 1 . T 2 3 . A ct on at ort Pickens , Fla , Reconnoissance in force by homas ’ 63 . at Chattanooga , — ’ 61 . 2 4 . Mason and S lidell put in Fort Warren , Capture of Lookout ’ ’

3 . Mountain ; Hooker s fight above the clouds , 6 Potomac , James , and Valley ’

64 . armies celebrated T hanksgiving with delicacies from the North , — ’ 62 . 2 5 . Raid on Pooleville , Md . ; Confederates attacked Newbern , Cap ’ ’ 3 . 6 a 6 4 . ture of Missionary Ridge , Confederate ttempt to burn New York , — ’ 62 . 2 6 . Lincoln visited Burnside ; Sherman left Memphis , Meade ’ — ’ 63 . A 26th 29th crossed the Rapidan , ction at Sylvan Grove ( ) , and Browne s ’ ’

2 6 29 6 4 . Cross Roads , Va . Beauregard s siege of Decatur repulsed , Nov . to ,

- 2 7 . Fighting between Meade and Lee , near Mine Run , Va . battle of Ring ’ gold and T aylor s Ridge , Ga . steamer Greyhound burned on the James ’

64 . River , — H A r k . 2 8 . Burnside visited Washington ; battle of Cone ill , confederate k ’ 2 h n n c 6 . cavalry crossed the R a ppa a o , Morgan and six officers escaped from ’ 63 . the Ohio penitentiary, — ’ 2 9 . Mississippi sent commissioners to the other Southern States , 60. ’ ’ . 62 . Union victory at Frankfort , W V a . , Longstreet s attack on Knoxville ’ ’ h 3 th . 2 t H T 64 . 3 . 9 o repulsed , 6 Action ( , ) at Spring ill , enn , — ’ e tf e r s n s ix 6 1 . 3 0 . J o Davis elected president of the confederacy for years ,

Battle of Franklin ; Hood repulsed with heavy loss ; A ttorney - General Bates

. l resigned ; Roger A . Pryor captured ; battle of Grahamsville , S C . ; batt e of ’

. 4 . Honey Hill , S C . , 6

24 A A F TH E A C LEN D R O CIVIL W R .

’ 62 . ff Union troops , Resolutions o ered in the confederate house to send peace ’

4 . commis sioners to Washington , 6 ’

1 . . 6 . 1 8 . Battle of Milford , Mo , Confederates seized Lexington , Ky ’ ’ hilli s s 2 Quantrell defeated by P p Indian brigade near Fort Gibson , 6 . Secretary

Seward re"uired all persons coming to the United States , except immigrants , ’ 64 . to have passports , ’ ’ - E n d 1 9 . , at Oxford , Miss . , of successful six days raid of Col . Dickey ’

2 . T scouting party , 6 Battle of Barren Fork , Ind . erritory ; confederates ’ ’

t n dthw it s r k . 63 . repulsed S a a e attack on Fort Gibson , A , Draft and call for ’ 4 men , 6 . ’ ’ - in s vill i 60. l D r a e e V a . 6 1 . 2 0 . South Carol na seceded , Batt e at , , . Gen i H Foster returned to Newbern after a successful expedit on ; olly Springs , ’ Miss . , sacked by confederates ; Sherman s army embarked at Memphis for ’ - 2 . n Vicksburg , 6 Hardee evacuated Savan ah ; navy yard burned , and salt works ’

64 . blown up , — ’ ’ . 1 . 64 . 2 1 . Fight on Wolf River , Miss , 6 Sherman occupied Savannah , ’ - H . 2 V a 6 . 2 2 . Confederate success in Isle of Wight Court ouse ( ) skirmish , ’6 Gen . Corcoran killed by fall from his horse , 3 . ’ ’

V a . 62 . 63 2 3 . Union troops occupied Winchester , , Union raid on Luray , . ’ n Fight ear Gordonsville , V a . , 64 . ’ — T n 2 2 4 . e miles of railroad destroyed west of Vicksburg , 6 . Choctaw ’ ’ ’

63 . Indians deserted the confederacy , Porter s fleet attacked Fort Fisher , 64 . K ’62 2 5 . Skirmish at Bacon Creek , y . , . British bark Circassian seized in ’ ’

. 6 3 F s the . . North River by a U S marshal , Porter s attack on Fort isher repul ed , ’ 64 . — ’ 0 60. 2 6 . Maj . Anderson and 8 men went to Fort Sumter , Sherman dis ’ ’ 62 . T he 3 . embarked at Yazoo , ironclad Dictator launched at New York , 6 w ’ 6 1 . 2 7 . Mason and Slidell ere surrendered to the British minister, Sher ’

2 . V a . 6 man marched on Vicksburg ; action at Dumfries , ,

- - offi c e 2 8 . South Carolina seized the U . S . custom house , post , and arsenal ,

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Z . 6 1 . 60. A ction at Mt . ion , Mo , Battle of Chickasaw Bayou , Vicksburg ; ’ . E lk T . 62 . n Gen . Blunt captured Van Buren , Ark battle of Fork , enn , Actio ’ ’ . 4 T . 63 6 . at Charleston , enn , Reconstruction meeting at Savannah , — ’ 60. 2 9 . J . B . Floyd , secretary of war , resigned , Sherman repulsed a t ’ 2 Vicksburg with heavy loss , 6 . — 3 03 Sherman raised the siege of Vicksburg ; battles of Jefferson and of ’ ff H ’ 2 T . 6 . Parker s Cross Roads , enn ; Monitor foundered o atteras , Great ’ naval expedition left New Orleans , 63 . ’ r n n 3 1 . Battle of Stone River , or Murfreesboro , begun ; M c C le a d succeeded ’ 2 . Sherman before Vicksburg , 6 Large "uantity of confederate money seized ’ 63 . in New York ,