The Civil War

April 18. Harper's Ferry abandoned

April 19. The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment

attacked at Baltimore

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April 19.

coast

Blockade ordered of Confederate

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April 20. Gosport Navy Yard abandoned
April 20. Robert E. Lee resigned his commis-
sion in the United States army .

April 23. Robert E. Lee appointed com

mander in chief of the forces of Vir

May 13. North Carolina seceded

May 13. Great Britain issued proclamation

of neutrality

July 20. Richmond made the capital of the

Confederate government

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August 30. Frémont's Missouri emancipa

tion proclamation issued.
October 3. Battle of Corinth

October 21. The battle of Ball's Bluff .
October 31. McClellan appointed to succeed
General Scott

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November. The president recommended Con-
gress to enact compensated emancipation
November 7. Forts Beauregard and Walker

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captured

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November 8. Mason and Slidell, the Con-
federate commissioners to Europe, seized

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1861. December 25. The government ordered the

liberation of Slidell and Mason .

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1862. January 19. The battle of Mill Spring . 258, 447 January 27. Lincoln ordered a general for

ward movement of the forces
February 6. Fort Henry captured
February 7. Roanoke Island seized by the
Union forces

February 16. Fort Donelson surrendered

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February 22. The legal-tender act passed.
March 9. Fight between the Merrimac and

the Monitor
March 11. Confederate conscription act passed 261
March 22. The Confederate privateer, The

Florida, sailed from Liverpool . 276, 359
April 6. The battle of Pittsburg Landing (or
Shiloh)

April 7. Island No. 10 captured

April 10. Congress passed resolution in favor
of compensated emancipation

April 24. New Orleans surrendered

May 3. Yorktown evacuated by the Confed

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May 9. Hunter issued military order eman-
cipating slaves in Georgia, Florida, and
South Carolina

Norfolk abandoned by the confed

May 31-June 1. The battle of Seven Pines,

or Fair Oaks

June 1. Lee appointed commander-in-chief of

the Confederate army

June 19. Slavery in the Territories abol

ished

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Slavery abolished in the District

1862. June 26.

of Columbia .

June 27. Battle of Gaines's Mill

July. The Confiscation Act of 1861 amended
authorizing slaves to be employed in sup-
pression of the rebellion.

July 1. Battle of Malvern Hill.

July 2. Lincoln issued call for three hundred
thousand troops

July 11. Halleck appointed to chief command
of the Union armies.
July 17. Congress empowered the president

to employ negroes in the army and navy.
July 22. A cartel arranged

July 29. The Alabama sailed from Liverpool

and fitted at Azores .

August. Lincoln authorized commanders to
employ slaves for defensive purposes.
August 30. McClellan deprived of command
of the Army of the Potomac .
August 30. The second battle of Bull Run
September 2. McClellan assigned to com-

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mand of the forces in the field.
September 13. Harper's Ferry surrendered.
September 14. Battle of South Mountain
September 17. Battle of Antietam

September 22. Preliminary Emancipation

Proclamation issued

October 8. Battle of Perryville.

November 7. McClellan relieved of com

mand and succeeded by Burnside

December 13. Battle of Fredericksburg .
December 28. The cartel rescinded.

December 31. 1863. January 1. sued

Battle of Murfreesborough .
Emancipation Proclamation is-

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1863. January 26. Hooker appointed to command of the Army of the Potomac February 3. Mediation offered by France 358, 370 February 25. National Bank Act passed March 3. Conscription Act passed April 7. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 30. Bailey's dam constructed at Alexandria