DATE 1861. December 25. The government ordered the liberation of Slidell and Mason. PAGE 253 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 258 February 7. Roanoke Island seized by the 258 259 255 February 16. Fort Donelson surrendered 262 261 March 11. Confederate conscription act passed . April 7. Island No. 10 captured. April 10. Congress passed resolution in favor 263 266 267 266 May 3. Yorktown evacuated by the Confed erates 269 269 April 24. New Orleans surrendered May 9. Hunter issued military order eman- May 10. Norfolk abandoned by the confed May 31-June 1. The battle of Seven Pines, May 10. or Fair Oaks . the Confederate army June 1. Lee appointed commander-in-chief of June 19. Slavery in the Territories abol ished DATE June 26. Slavery abolished in the District 1862. June 26. of Columbia. Mill June 27. Battle of Gaines's Mill July. The Confiscation Act of 1861 amended 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 to employ negroes in the army and navy. July 29. The Alabama sailed from Liverpool and fitted at Azores. PAGE 451 273 266, 451 274 277 343 375 . . 276, 359 342 August. Lincoln authorized commanders to mand of the forces in the field . September 14. September 17. Battle of Antietam September 22. Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued October 8. Battle of Perryville. November 7. McClellan relieved of com- December 13. Battle of Fredericksburg December 28. December 31. 1863. January 1. sued The cartel rescinded. Battle of Murfreesborough . DATE PAGE 310 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 293 293, 322 396 396 May 1. The Confederate Congress ordered 375 May 2. Port Gibson taken 326 disloyal utterances June 13. Battle of Winchester. June 19. West Virginia admitted into the June 27. Hooker succeeded by Meade June 29. Early began operations before Har 303 318 . 309, 451 318 319 DATE PAGE 1863. September 6. Fort Wagner captured September 15. The writ of habeas corpus sus- September 19-20. Battle of Chickamauga October 17. Lincoln called for three hundred thousand troops November 24. Battle of Lookout Mountain Reconstruction issued 396 888 385 383 361 385 384 437 December 20. Joseph E. Johnston appointed to command of the Confederate armies March 2. Grant appointed lieutenant-general government in Virginia May 5. Naval battle in Albemarle Sound 399 385 428 397 June 17. Hood appointed to succeed Johnston June 23. McPherson killed June 24. State Constitutional Convention DATE 1864. August 5. Naval battle in Mobile Bay September 3. Atlanta surrendered September 19. Third Battle of Winchester September 22. Battle of Fisher's Hill . Lee's army 1865. January 9. Missouri abolished slavery January 31. Thirteenth Amendment abolish ing slavery passed February 3. Hampton Roads Conference held on the River Queen . . February 18. Charleston evacuated February 22. Wilmington taken February 23. J. E. Johnston re-appointed to command the Army of the Tennessee March. The Confederate Congress authorized the enlistment of negroes Battle of Five Forks April 1. April 9. The Army of Northern Virginia 453 453 437 454 463 463 464 surrendered 467 |