Summary of Events of the War of Rebellion
Washington, D.C.: N.A. Strait, 1905, c1903

CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF THE REBELLION, 1860-1865
Transcribed by ©2006, K. Torp

1860. MAY.
9. Nomination of John Bell, of Tennessee, for President, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, for Vice-President, at Baltimore, Md., by the Union convention.

1860. NOVEMBER.
6. Lincoln and Hamlin chosen President and Vice-President by the electoral votes
of seventeen States.
9. An attempt to seize the arms in Fort Moultrie.
11. Senator Hammond, of South Carolina, resigned.
18. Georgia legislature appropriated $1,000,000 to arm the State; Major Anderson sent to Fort Moultrie to relieve Colonel Gardner.

1860. DECEMBER.
1. Great secession meeting in Memphis.
3. Congress met. President Buchanan denied the right of a State to secede.
10. Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury, resigned; Senator Clay, of Alabama, resigned.
13. An extra session of the Cabinet was held to consider the question of re-enforcing Fort Moultrie; President Buchanan opposed it, and reenforcements were not sent.
14. Lewis Cass, Secretary of State, resigned because President Buchanan refused to reenforce Fort Moultrie.
18. The Crittenden compromise introduced in the United States Senate.
20. South Carolina convention adopted a secession ordinance by a unanimous vote.
24. South Carolina members of Congress resigned.
26. Major Anderson left Fort Moultrie and took possession of Fort Sumter.
27. The State troops of South Carolina seized the Government property in Charleston and took possession of Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie.
29. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, resigned because the President refused to with-draw the troops from Fort Sumter.
30. United States arsenal at Charleston seized by State troops.

1861. JANUARY.
2. Governor Ellis, of North Carolina, took possession of Fort Macon.
3. Georgia State troops seized Fort Pulaski.
4. United States arsenal at Mount Vernon, Ala., seized by State troops.
5. Forts Morgan and Gaines, Ala., seized by State troops.
6. United States arsenal at Apalachicola, Fla., seized by State troops.
7. Fort Marion, Fla., seized by State troops.
8. Jacob B. Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, resigned because the Star of the West was sent to Charleston with troops.
9. Steamer Star of the West, with supplies for Fort Sumter, fired on by Confederate batteries in" Charleston Harbor and driven back; Fort Johnston, N.C., seized by the citizens of Smithville; Mississippi adopted the ordinance of secession.
10. Florida adopted the ordinance of secession; United States troops transferred from Fort Barrancas to Fort Pickens, Fla.; Fort Caswell, N. C, seized by the citizens of Smithville and Wilmington.
11. P. B. Thomas, Secretary of the Treasury, resigned, and was succeeded by John A. Dix, of New York; governor of Louisiana seized Forts Philip, Jackson, Pike, and Macomb, and the United States arsenal at Baton Rouge; governor of South Carolina demanded the surrender of Fort Sumter, which Major Anderson refused; Alabama adopted the ordinance of secession.
12. Florida State troops took possession of Pensacola Navy-Yard and Forts Barrancas and McRee; surrender of Fort Pickens demanded.
13. Lieutenant Slemmer, in command of Fort Pickens, refused to obey Commodore Armstrong's order to surrender the fort to the Florida troops.
16. Colonel Hayne, of South Carolina, demanded of President Buchanan the surrender of Fort Sumter, which was refused.
18. Virginia appropriated $1,000,000 for the defense of the State.
19. Georgia passed the act of secession.
20. Forts on Ship Island, Mississippi, seized by State troops.
21. Jefferson Davis resigned his seat in the United States Senate; members of Congress from Alabama resigned.
23. Members of Congress from Georgia resigned.
24. The Confederates seized the United States arsenal at Augusta, Ga.
26. Oglethorpe Barracks, at Savannah, Ga., and Fort Jackson seized by State troops.
27. John B. Floyd, late Secretary of War, indicted by the grand jury at Washington, D. C, for maladministration of office and for conspiracy.
29. Kansas admitted into the Union.
30. The North Carolina legislature submitted the convention question to the people. This was the first instance of the will of the people being consulted in regard to the question of secession.

1861. FEBRUARY.
1. Texas passed an ordinance of secession to be submitted to the will of the people; Louisiana seized the United States mint and custom-house at New Orleans.
4. Delegates from the seceded States met at Montgomery, Ala., to organize a Confederate government; peace congress met at Washington, D. C., ex-President Tyler being chosen president.
7. The Choctaw Nation declared its adherence to the Southern Confederacy.
8. United States arsenal at Little Rock, Ark., seized.
9. Jefferson Davis and A. H. Stephens were elected provisional president and vice-president of the Confederate States.
13. Lincoln and Hamlin declared elected after the official count.
16. United States arsenal and barracks at San Antonio, Tex., seized by Confederates.
18. General Twiggs surrendered United States Government property in Texas, valued at $1,200,000, to the Confederacy.
19. General Twiggs superseded by Colonel Waite, U. S. A.; Fort Kearny, Nebr., seized.
23. Unexpected arrival of Lincoln in Washington, having traveled from Illinois secretly because of a plot to assassinate him while passing through Baltimore, Md.

1861. MARCH.
1. General Twiggs expelled from the United States Army; the peace congress adjourned; the Confederate government assumed control of military affairs at Charleston, S. C.
3. General Beauregard took command of Confederate troops at Charleston, S. C.
4. Inauguration of Lincoln and Hamlin; the ordinance of secession was passed by
the Texas convention after having been submitted to the people.
6. Fort Brown, Tex., surrendered by Captain Hill, U. S. A.
9. Confederate Congress passed an act to establish an army.
11. General Bragg assumed command of the Confederate forces in Florida.
22. Col. William W. Loring, U. S. A., assumed command of the Department of New Mexico.
28. Vote of Louisiana on secession made public; 20,448 for, 17,926 against.
30. Mississippi convention ratified Confederate constitution by a vote of 78 to 70.

1861. APRIL.
3. South Carolina convention ratified the Confederate constitution by a vote of 114 to 16.
4. Virginia convention, by a vote of 89 to 45, refused to submit an ordinance of secession to the people.
7. All intercourse between Fort Sumter and Charleston, S. C, stopped by order of General Beauregard.
8. The United States Government notified the South Carolina authorities that provisions would be sent to Major Anderson at Fort Sumter by force, if necessary; the State Department refused to recognize the commissioners from the Confederate States.
11. United States troops were stationed at Washington, D. C.; the Confederate commissioners left Washington, D. C.; General Beauregard demanded the surrender of Fort Sumter; Major Anderson refused.
12. Bombardment of Fort Sumter; Fort Moultrie opened fire at 4 o'clock a. m.; Fort Sumter did not reply until 7 o'clock; Major Anderson had under his command 111 men, including officers, musicians, and laborers.
13. The bombardment continued; by noon most of the woodwork was on fire; General Wigfall came with a flag of truce, and arrangements were made for evacuating the fort; the terms were that the garrison should take all its individual and company property; that they should march out with their side arms in their own way, at their own time, and that they should salute their flag and take it with them; Daniel Hough, private, Battery E, First United States Artillery, was killed by the premature explosion of a cannon while saluting the Union flag on Fort Sumter at the evacuation; he was buried on the 15th, with all the honors of war, by order of General Beauregard, C. S. A.; he was the first soldier killed in the war; Col. Harvey Brown, Second United States Artillery, assumed command of the Department of Florida.
14. Major Anderson and his men sailed for New York.
15. President Lincoln issued a proclamation commanding all persons in arms against the Government to disperse within twenty days, and also called for 75,000 troops; President Lincoln called an extra session of Congress to meet July 4; the governor of North Carolina refused to furnish the quota of militia to the United States; Fort Macon, N. C, seized by State troops.
16. Governor Magoffin declared that "Kentucky would furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister States."
16. The Confederate government called for 32,000 men; the governors of Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, and Missouri refused to furnish troops under President Lincoln's proclamation.
17. Virginia convention adopted the ordinance of secession to be submitted to the people; Jefferson Davis issued a proclamation offering letters of marque and reprisal to all who wished to engage in privateering.
18. United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Va., destroyed by Lieutenant Jones to prevent it falling into the hands of the Confederates; Colonel Cake with 400 men of the Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers arrived in Washington, D. C, the first volunteer troops to enter the city for its defense. Governor Jackson, of Missouri, declared that the requisition of President Lincoln for troops was "illegal, unconstitutional, revolutionary, and diabolical."
19. President Lincoln proclaimed the Southern ports in a state of blockade. The Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers was attacked by a mob while passing through Baltimore, Md., and 3 soldiers were killed; the soldiers fired on the mob, killing 11 and wounding many; Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson, Pennsylvania militia, was assigned to command of the States of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and District of Columbia; Philadelphia appropriated $1,000,000 to equip volunteers and support their families.
20. Several bridges on the Northern Pennsylvania Railroad destroyed by Maryland Confederates to prevent the passage of troops to Washington; the Fourth Massachusetts arrived at Fortress Monroe, Va.; the Gosport Navy-Yard destroyed, and several war vessels scuttled by General McCauley to prevent them falling into the hands of the Confederates; the Cumberland was towed out; General Butler's command arrived at Annapolis, Md.; United States arsenal at Liberty, Mo., seized by Confederates.
21. The Government took possession of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad; Senator Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, mobbed at Lynchburg, Va.; Colonel Van Dorn, C. S. A., assumed command in Texas; United States mint at Charlotte, N. C, seized.
22. United States arsenal at Fayetteville, N. C., seized by State troops; governor of Arkansas refused to furnish quota of militia to United States.
23. Fort Smith, Ark., seized by Confederates; Maj. Gen. R. E. Lee assigned to command of the State military and naval forces in Virginia; United States officers at San Antonio, Tex., seized by Confederates as prisoners of war.
25. Major Sibley surrendered 420 United States troops to Colonel Van Dorn, C. S. A., at Saluria, Tex.; Governor Letcher proclaimed Virginia a member of the Southern Confederacy.
26. Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston assigned to command of Virginia State forces in and about Richmond.
27. All officers of the United States Army were required to take the oath of allegiance to the United States; Brig, Gen. B. F. Butler, Massachusetts militia, assigned to command of Department of Annapolis; Col. K. F. Mansfield, U. S. A., assigned to command of Department of Washington; the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., ordered to Fort Adams, R. I.
29. Maryland house of delegates rejected the ordinance of secession by a vote of 63 to 13.

1861. MAY.
1. Governor Letcher, of Virginia, called for volunteers for the Confederate army.
3. President Lincoln called for 42,000 three-years volunteers, 22,000 for the Regular Army and 18,000 seamen; 14 companies of Kentucky volunteers offered their services to the United States Secretary of War, notwithstanding the governor's refusal; Connecticut legislature appropriated $2,000,000 for military purposes.
4. United States ordnance stores seized at Kansas City, Mo.
5. General Butler took possession of the Relay House, Maryland; Alexandria,Va., abandoned by Confederates.
6. Confederate capital removed to Richmond, Va.; ordinance of secession adopted by Arkansas and Tennessee.
7. Route between Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Washington, via Baltimore, reestablished; Governor Harris, of Tennessee, placed all the State troops under Confederate control, although the State had not yet seceded.
10. Confederate force of 800 men surrendered to Captain (afterward General) Lyon at St. Louis.
11. Riot at St. Louis, Mo.; blockade of Charleston, S. C, established by steamer Niagara.
13. Gen. George B. McClellan, U. S. A., assumed command of Department of the Ohio; Baltimore, Md., occupied by United States troops.
14. Vessel loaded with arms for the Confederate States and a large number of guns seized at Baltimore by Gen. B. F. Butler; Ross Winans, of Baltimore, Md., imprisoned in Fort McHenry.
15. Queen Victoria ordered her subjects to take no part in the war.
16. A bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad destroyed; General Scott ordered that Arlington Heights, Virginia, be fortified.
17. Confederate spies arrested in Washington; Adams Express Company prohibited from carrying letters or packages south of Washington.
20. Governor Magoffin declared the neutrality of Kentucky; ordinance of secession adopted by North Carolina; United States officers took possession of all the telegraphic messages sent during the past year, in order to discover who had been corresponding with the Confederates.
21. Jefferson Davis approved the act compelling payment into the Confederate treasury of all moneys due Northern creditors.
22. Gen. B. F. Butler assigned to command of Fortress Monroe, Va.
24. Thirteen thousand United States troops crossed the Potomac into Virginia; Alexandria and Arlington Heights occupied; Col. E. E. Ellsworth, of the Eleventh New York Infantry (First Fire Zouaves), killed at Alexandria, Va., by Jackson, a hotel keeper, who was instantly shot by Francis E. Brownell.
25. Union troops destroyed 7 bridges and 5 miles of railroad between Alexandria and Leesburg, Va.
26. Western Virginia gave a large majority in favor of the Union; New Orleans blockaded by United States sloop of war Brooklyn; all postal service in the seceded States suspended.
28. Brig. Gen. Irwin McDowell, U. S. A., assumed command of Department of Northeastern Virginia.
31. The steamers Freeborn and Anacosta engaged the Confederate batteries at Aquia Creek, Virginia.


1861. JUNE.
2. General Beauregard assumed command of the Confederate forces at Manassas Junction, Virginia.
3. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas died at Chicago; the voluntary contributions in the Northern States to carry on the war amounted to over $32,000,000. 6. A company of Confederate cavalry captured at Alexandria, Va., took the oath of allegiance.
8. Virginia State troops transferred to Confederate States.
11. Colonel Canby, U. S. A., reported that Colonel Loring had abandoned the command of the Department of New Mexico.
15. Confederates evacuated Harpers Ferry, armory machinery taken to Richmond; the brig Perry arrived at New York with the privateer Savannah, captured June 4.
17. Wheeling convention unanimously declared western Virginia independent of the Confederate portion of the State; a train of cars with 275 Ohio volunteers was fired into near Vienna, Va., and 8 men killed and 12 wounded.
20. Union convention elected Frank D. Pierpont governor of Virginia; General. McClellan assumed command in person of the army in western Virginia.
23. Forty-eight locomotives, valued at $400,000, and belonging to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, were destroyed by the Confederates.
26. President Lincoln acknowledged the Wheeling government of Virginia.
27. George P. Kane, marshal of Baltimore police, arrested by General Banks and sent to Fort McHenry.
29. Confederates made a dash at Harpers Ferry, destroying several boats and the railroad bridge.

1861. JULY.
1. Congressional election in Kentucky; Union majority nearly 60,000; arrest of Baltimore police commissioners; orders issued for raising United States troops in Kentucky and Tennessee.
4. Congress met in extra session; Confederates seized the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad. 8. Brig. Gen. Henry H. Sibley, C. S. A., ordered to Texas to expel Union forces
from New Mexico.
11. The following members were expelled from the United States Senate: J. M. Mason and R. M. Hunter, of Virginia; T. L. Clingman and Thomas Bragg, of North Carolina; L. T. Wigfall and J. U. Hemphill, of Texas; C. B. Mitchell and W. K. Sebastian, of Arkansas, and A. O. F. Nicholson, of Tennessee.
15. Military forces, stores, etc., of Arkansas, transferred to Confederate States.
16. President Lincoln authorized to call the militia and accept the services of 500,000 men.
20. Confederate congress met at Richmond.
21. General Banks superseded General Patterson in the command of the Department of the Shenandoah, headquarters in the field.
22. The three-months volunteers began to return home.
23. Department of Maryland created and Gen. John A. Dix placed in command, headquarters at Baltimore; Brig. Gen. W. S. Rosecrans assumed command of the Department of Ohio, embracing a portion of western Virginia.
25. General Fremont appointed to command of Western Department, headquarters at St. Louis; Gen. John A. Dix assumed command of Department of Pennsylvania.
26. Fort Fillmore, N. Mex., treacherously surrendered to the Confederates by Major Lynde, U.S. A.
27. General McClellan took command of the Department of the Potomac.

1861. AUGUST.
1. Gen. R. E. Lee, C. S. A., commanding in western Virginia.
3. Congress passed the confiscation bill and a bill to raise $20,000,000 by direct taxation.
5. The Alvarado burned off Fernandina, Fla.,by the United States vessel Vincennes.
6. Extra session of Congress closed.
7. Village of Hampton, Va., burned by Confederates.
8. Brig. Gen. TJ. S. Grant assumed command of the district of Ironton, Mo.; a public dinner and serenade at Baltimore to John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky; an attempt to address the people prevented by the noise and outcries of Union men.
10. General Lyon killed at the battle of Wilson Creek, Missouri.
14. General Fremont declared martial law in St. Louis.
15. Jefferson Davis ordered all Northern men to leave the South in forty days.
16. President Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the seceding States in a state of insurrection and prohibiting all intercourse with them.
17. General Wool took command at Fortress Monroe.
20. Major-General McClellan assumed command of the Army of the Potomac.
26. The first naval expedition sailed from Fortress Monroe.
30. Emancipation proclamation issued by General Fremont. (See September 11.)

1861. SEPTEMBER
1. General Grant assumed command in southern Missouri.
2. Destruction of United States dry dock at Pensacola, Fla.
4. Kentucky invaded by Confederate troops, who commenced fortifications at Heichman, Chalk Cliffs, and Columbus.
6. Paducah, Ky., occupied by Union troops.
7. Kentucky house of representatives directed the stars and stripes to be hoisted over the State house.
11. President Lincoln modified General Fremont's emancipation proclamation, issued August 30; Kentucky house of representatives adopted a resolution directing the Confederate troops to leave the State.
12. Col. J. A. Washington, proprietor of Mount Vernon, killed at battle of Cheat Mountain, West Virginia.
12-17. Arrest of members of Maryland legislature and other citizens of that State.
13. Arrest of several members of the Maryland legislature, by which means the plot to vote the State out of the Union was frustrated.
14. Descent upon Pensacola Navy-Yard by United States gunboats.
18. Col. Frank Blair arrested by order of General Fremont; Maryland legislature closed by provost-marshal—secession members sent to Fort McHenry; Bowling Green, Ky., occupied by Confederates.
19. Governor Morehead, Reuben Merritt, and M. A. Barr arrested in Louisville, Ky., for treason.
21. John C. Breckenridge fled from Frankfort, Ky., to join the Confederates; Gen. A. S. Johnston, C. S. A., called upon Tennessee to furnish 30,000 men.
22. Arkansas and Mississippi called upon to furnish 10,000 men each for the Confederate army.

1861. OCTOBER.
1. Department of New England constituted, General Butler, U. S. A., in command.
7. The Confederate ironclad steamer Merrimac made its first appearance in sight of Fortress Monroe.
8. Brig.-Gen. W. T. Sherman superseded General Anderson in command of Department of the Cumberland.
9. Colonel Geary with 400 Pennsylvania troops crossed the Potomac at Harper's Ferry and seized 21,000 bushels of wheat.
11. The Confederate steamer Theodore escaped from Charleston, S. C.,with Mason and Slidell on board, the Confederate commissioners to Europe; Brig.-Gen. W. S. Rosecrans assumed command of the Department of Western Virginia.
21. Colonel Baker killed at battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia.
29. The second naval expedition, consisting of 80 vessels and 15,000 men, sailed from Fortress Monroe, commanded by Commodore Dupont and Gen. W, T. Sherman.

1861. NOVEMBER.
1. General Scott resigned as commander in chief of the armies of the United States; General McClellan appointed in his place.
2. General Hunter superseded General Fremont in command of the Western Department.
5. Gen. R. E. Lee, C. S. A., assigned to command the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and eastern Florida.
8-18. Revolt of Unionists in East Tennessee.
10. By order of the Confederate government, certain United States officers, prisoners at Richmond, Va., were chosen by lot to stand as hostages for the Confederate privateersmen in prison in Philadelphia and New York City.
15. United States frigate San Jacinto arrived at Fortress Monroe with Mason and Slidell.
18. Confederate congress met; Capt. A. H. Foote, U. S. N., appointed flag officer of the Western fleet, giving him a rank equal to major-general.
19. Gen. A. S. Johnston, C. S. A., called upon Tennessee to furnish all the troops that could be armed.
20. Review of 70,000 troops near Washington, D. C, by General McClellan; Governor Taylor, of North Carolina, issued a proclamation calling upon the people to return to their allegiance to the United States Government.
27. General McClellan directed the observance of the Sabbath in all the camps of the United States Army; the United States Government assumed control of the Mississippi River below St. Louis, Mo.
29. The British Government forbade the shipment of saltpeter.
30. General Price called upon the people of Missouri for 50,000 volunteers to aid him in securing the State to the Confederacy.

1861. DECEMBER.
3. Congress met; the name of the new State changed from Kanawha to Western Virginia.
4. Queen Victoria issued a proclamation forbidding the shipment of nitrate of soda, brimstone, lead, and firearms from British ports; General Halleck ordered that persons giving aid to the rebels be imprisoned; that those giving information be treated as spies, and that the Union refugees in St. Louis be maintained at the expense of the secessionists of the city; John C. Breckenridge expelled from the United States Senate.
9. Confederate congress passed a bill admitting Kentucky into the Southern Confederacy.
12. Great fire at Charleston, S. C, totally destroying the business portion of the city.
18. General Pope captured 1,300 Confederates, a number of horses and wagons, and 1,000 stand of arms at Milford, Mo.
20. Stone fleet sunk in Charleston Harbor by Union forces; also see January 23,1862.
21. Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise assigned to command of Confederate forces in North Carolina.
22. General Halieck ordered that persons who burn bridges and destroy telegraph lines and railroads shall be shot if found guilty, and that the cost for the necessary repairs shall be assessed upon the towns and counties where the destruction is committed.
26. About 200 Government horses burned at Washington, D. C.
27. Mason and Slidell surrendered to the British minister.

1862. JANUARY.
1. Mason and Slidell left Fort Warren for England, in the British steamer Rinaldo.
11. Simon Cameron resigned as Secretary of War, and E. M. Stanton appointed.
19. Battle of Millsprings, Ky., General Zollicoffer, C. S. A., killed.
23. The second stone fleet sunk in Charleston Harbor.
31. Congress passed an act giving the President the authority to take possession of all the railroads and telegraph lines in the United States whenever he thought the public safety required it.

1862. FEBRUARY.
3. Confederate steamer Nashville allowed to leave Southampton, England, and the Union gunboat Tuscarora detained twenty-four hours, until the Nashville escaped.
5. Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, expelled from the United States Senate.
8. Battle of Roanoke Island, General Burnside captured six forts, taking about 3,000 small arms and destroying all the Confederate fleet except two vessels; 2,500 prisoners and a large quantity of ammunition captured.
9. Gen. C. P. Stone arrested for treason and sent to Fort Lafayette.
13. General Curtis took possession of Springfield, Mo.
16. Tennessee Iron Works, near Dover, destroyed by the United States gunboat St. Louis.
17. Two Confederate regiments of Tennesseeans, unaware of the capture of Fort Donelson, marched into the fort with colors flying and drums beating to reenforce-force Floyd and Pillow, and were all taken prisoners.
22. Jefferson Davis inaugurated president, and A. H. Stephens, vice-president, of the Southern Confederacy.
23. Forty-two officers and men of the Missouri Cavalry poisoned at Fayetteville, Ark., by a quantity of poisoned meal left behind by the Confederates. 25. Nashville, Tenn., occupied by Union troops.

1862. MARCH.
3. Gen. R. E. Lee's army called to Richmond, Va.
4. Andrew Johnson appointed military governor of Tennessee.
5. Gen. G. T. Beauregard assumes command of the Confederate Army of the Mississippi.
6. President Lincoln recommended that the Government cooperate with any State that would abolish slavery, by giving whatever pecuniary aid was necessary to compensate them for the inconvenience of the change.
8. The Army of the Potomac was divided into five corps by order of the President, the first commanded by Major-General Sumner, the second by Major-General McDowell, the third by Brigadier-General Heintzelman, the fourth by Brigadier-General Keyes, and the fifth by Major-General Banks. Confederate steamers Merrimac, Jamestown, and Yorktown attacked the Union fleet in Hampton Roads, destroying the Cumberland and Congress, and damaging several other vessels.
9. Duel of the Monitor and Merrimac in Hampton Roads. After three hours' fighting the Merrimac was towed under the protection of the battery at Sewell's Point, but did not renew the contest. The Monitor was uninjured.
11. General McClellan relieved of the command of the armies of the United States, but retained command of the Army of the Potomac.
11-12. Winchester, Va., abandoned by Confederates and occupied by Union forces.
13. Gen. R. E. Lee charged with the "military operations of the armies of the Confederacy.
14. Brigadier-General Rosecrans assumed command of the Mountain Department.
16. General Garfield, with 600 Ohio and Kentucky Volunteers, surprised and routed the enemy at Pound Gap, Tenn., burned the camp, with arms and munitions, and returned without loss or damage to a single man.
17. Embarkation of the Army of the Potomac for the Peninsula commenced at Alexandria, Va.
18. Jefferson Davis recommended that all paroled Confederate soldiers be released from parole and compelled to reenter the service. 20. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler assumed command of the Department of the Gulf.
24. Anti-Secession meeting at Jacksonville, Fla., which condemned the State Secession convention.
29. Maj. Gen. John A. Dix assigned to command of the Middle Department, headquarters at Baltimore, Md.

1862. APRIL.
2. All United States recruiting officers ordered to return to their respective regiments, the force in the field being deemed sufficient for the speedy termination of the war.
7. Maj. Gen. A. S. Johnston, C. S. A., killed at the battle of Shiloh, Tenn. 9. Jacksonville, Fla., evacuated by Union forces.
10-11. Fort Pulaski, commanding the approach to Savannah, surrendered after a bombardment of thirty hours. The Merrimac made her second appearance in Hampton Roads and destroyed 3 small vessels. Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia.
17. Grierson's raid. (See May 2.)
18-28. Bombardment and capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the Mississippi. (See April 28.)
24. The Union fleet, having removed the obstructions in the Mississippi, passed Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the way to New Orleans.
25. Commodore Farragut arrived at New Orleans and took possession of the city; Gen. C. F. Smith died at Savannah, Tenn.
28. Surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Miss.; while the terms of surrender were being settled the Confederates set fire to the ram Louisiana and sent it down against the Union fleet, but it exploded prematurely.

1862. MAY.
9. Major-General Hunter, commanding Department of the South, declared Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina under martial law, and the slaves in those states free. (See May 19th.)
9-12. Confederates evacuated Pensacola, Fla., and destroyed the navy-yard.
10. The Union forces took possession of Norfolk, Va.; the result of this movement was the destruction of the ironclad Merrimac and the capture of a number of guns and a large amount of ammunition; Gosport Navy-Yard destroyed by Confederates; naval engagement on the Mississippi above Fort Wright, during which an attempt to board the United States gunboat Cincinnati was twice repulsed by the use of hot water and steam.
11. Robert Small, a slave, navigated an armed Confederate steamer with a crew of slaves and their families from Charleston, S. C, and surrendered to the United States blockading fleet.
19. President Lincoln declared General Hunter's proclamation of May 9 to have been issued without authority and therefore void.
30. Union troops took possession of Corinth, Miss.

1862. JUNE.
3. Confederate officers ordered to wear fatigue dress and not to expose themselves unnecessarily in battle, as it is unsoldierlike.
6. Gunboat engagement on the Mississippi, near Memphis; seven Confederate boats were destroyed or captured; after the naval battle Memphis surrendered to the Union troops; General Ashby, C. S. A., killed near Harrisonburg, Va.
7. William B. Mumford hung at New Orleans, by order of Gen. B. F. Butler, for high treason in tearing down the American flag.
18. Union troops occupied Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.
23. Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck assumed command of the armies of the United States.
26. General Pope assigned to the command of the Army of Virginia; Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks and Irvin McDowell, U. S. A., assumed command of the Second and Third Corps, Army of Virginia; Commodore Farragut's fleet passed Vicksburg and joined Commodore Davis's fleet above.
27. Bombardment of Vicksburg commenced; General Fremont relieved of his command.
29. Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, U. S. A., assumed command of the First Corps, Army of Virginia.

1862. JULY.
1. Battle of Malvern Hill and last of the Richmond battles; President Lincoln called for 300,000 additional volunteers.
11. General Halleck appointed commander of all the land forces of the United States; Confederate General Morgan entered Glasgow, Ky., and called upon the Kentuckians to rise.
18. A band of Confederates entered Newburg, Ind., destroyed hospital stores, and captured 250 stand of arms; General Twiggs died.
21. John S. Phelps appointed military governor of Arkansas.
22. Siege of Vicksburg abandoned.

1862. AUGUST.
3. The Confederate General Jeff Thompson defeated near Memphis, Tenn.; General Halleck ordered General McClellan to evacuate the peninsula of Virginia.
4.. The Secretary of War ordered a draft of 300,000 men; Confederate ram Arkansas destroyed by her crew; General Butler ordered that the subscribers to the Confederate loan fund of $1,250,000 for the defense of New Orleans against the United States Government should be assessed at the rate of one-fourth their subscription, for the support of the poor of the city.
5. Gen. Robert McCook killed by Confederates while wounded and riding in an ambulance.
8. United States War Department ordered the arrest of all persons who discouraged volunteer enlistments.
16. General McClellan evacuated Harrisons Landing, Virginia.
19. General Wright placed in command of the Department of the Ohio; Col. Rodney Mason surrendered Clarksville, Tenn., to an inferior force without firing a gun, and was cashiered for cowardice.
27. Federal gunboats destroyed the Confederate works at City Point, Va.
28. General Scofield, commanding at St. Louis, assessed $500,000 on the Secessionists of that county to equip the militia enrolled for the defense of the State, and to support their destitute families.

1862. SEPTEMBER.
1. The Union troops evacuated Lexington, Ky.
2. General McClellan appointed to the command of the troops for the defense of Washington; martial law declared in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport and Covington, Ky.
5. Confederates began crossing the Potomac into Maryland.
6. Colonel Lowe recaptured Clarksville, Tenn.
7. General Banks assigned to the command of the fortifications in and around Washington; General McClellan took the field at the head of the Army of the Potomac.
11. Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, called out 50,000 citizens for immediate service to repel an expected advance of the Confederates into that State.
14. Battle of South Mountain, Maryland; General Reno killed.
15. Harpers Ferry surrendered, after two days' fighting, to the enemy, with all the garrison, consisting of 8,000 men.
16. Mumfordsville, Ky., captured by the Confederates; about 4,000 prisoners taken.
18. Confederates recrossed the Potomac into Virginia, having been in Maryland two weeks; Confederates evacuated Harpers Ferry.
19. General McCook recaptured Mumfordsville, Ky.
22. President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation issued; ten citizens of Missouri who had violated their oath of allegiance to the United States shot at Hudson, Mo., by order of a court-martial.
29. General Nelson was shot by Gen. Jeff. C. Davis at Louisville, Ky.

1862. OCTOBER.
3. Army of the Potomac reviewed by President Lincoln near Harpers Ferry, Va.
10. Confederate cavalry, under General Stuart, entered Chambersburg, Pa., and captured a quantity of small arms and clothing.
18. General Morgan, C. S. A., occupied Lexington, Ky.
22. Confederate salt works in Florida destroyed.
30. General Rosecrans assumed command of the Army of the Cumberland; General Mitchell died at Port Royal, S. C.

1862. NOVEMBER.
1. Ex-President Buchanan published in the Washington National Intelligencer a defense of his administration in regard to the anticipated rebellion in the cotton States.
5. General McClellan relieved of the command or the Army of the Potomac and General Burnside put in his place.
11. Under the cartel the following United States officers were exchanged: Brigadier-generals, 3; colonels, 18; lieutenant-colonels, 19; captains, 431; lieutenants, 545. Confederate officers: Colonels, 27; lieutenant-colonels, 17; captains, 467; lieutenants, 1,085. About 24,000 privates were also exchanged, leaving a balance due the United States of 6,000 privates.
16. President Lincoln enjoined on the United States forces the orderly observance of the Sabbath.
17. Jefferson Davis issued a proclamation that unless General McNeill, of the Missouri Militia, who had hanged 10 guerrillas accused of the murder of a Union citizen, was delivered up to him he would hang 10 United States officers who might fall into his hands.
22. All political State prisoners released by order of the Secretary of War.

1862. DECEMBER.
1. Third session of Thirty-seventh Congress; President's message recommended the passage of a law guaranteeing compensation to each loyal State that would emancipate its slaves before the year 1900.
6. General Banks's expedition sailed for New Orleans.
7. Confederate General Morgan captured the One hundred and fourth Illinois, the One hundred and sixth and One hundred and eighth Ohio, and a number of the Second Indiana Cavalry at Hartsville, Tenn.; California steamer Ariel, captured by the Alabama, was released upon a ransom of $228,000, to be paid at the close of the war.
11. The city of Fredericksburg bombarded by Union troops, under cover of which they crossed the Rappahannock.
13. An expedition under Commodore Parker destroyed the Confederate salt works; also five schooners and two sloops in Mob Jack Bay.
14. General Banks's expedition arrived at New Orleans, and Major-General Butler was superseded.
18. Certain Republican Senators having accused Secretaries Seward and Chase of being responsible for the disaster at Fredericksburg, the latter tendered their resignations; but while they were under advisement, General Burnside wrote to General Halleck assuming the responsibility of the failure, and the resignations were not accepted.
19. Holly Springs, Miss., taken by Confederate cavalry, who captured 1,950 officers and men and destroyed commissary stores worth $2,000,000.
23. Proclamation of Jefferson Davis denouncing the conduct of General Butler at New Orleans, and the hanging of Munford and threatening to hang Butler if caught,
or any of his officers, and prohibiting any exchange of Federal officers taken prisoner thereafter.
28. Thirty-eight Sioux Indians, convicted of murdering the inhabitants of Minnesota, hanged at Mankato.
31. West Virginia admitted into the Union as a State, taking effect June 20; steamer Monitor foundered on the coast of South Carolina.

1863. JANUARY.
1. The steamer Harriet Lane captured by the Confederates at the attack on Galveston, Tex.; the Westfall, which had got aground, destroyed to prevent her falling into their hands, Commodore Renshaw and Lieutenants Green and Zimmeran perishing with the vessel by reason of premature explosion; Richard Yeadon, of Charleston, S. C, offered $10,000 (Confederate currency) to anyone who would capture and deliver Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. A., dead or alive, to any Confederate authority.
6. Jefferson Davis stated in his message to the Confederate congress that, in retaliation for the emancipation proclamation, he would deliver to the State authorities all United States officers captured thereafter, to be treated as criminals.
12. Three Federal transports on the Cumberland River were captured by the enemy; the gunboat Slidel, which was in company, surrendered without firing a gun.
21. President Lincoln approved the sentence of the court-martial dismissing Gen. Fitz-John Porter from the Army for disobedience of orders in not reenforcing General Pope at the battle of Manassas, and in neglecting to execute certain maneuvers which would probably have gained the battle.
26. Secretary Stanton authorized the recruiting in Massachusetts of persons of African descent for military duty.
28. General Burnside relieved of the command of the Army of the Potomac and General Hooker appointed in his place; General Sumner and General Franklin were relieved from duty in the Army of the Potomac.

1863. FEBRUARY.
2. The Federal ram Queen of the West ran the blockade at Vicksburg, Miss., but was captured April 22 by the Confederates.
5. The United States ram Queen of the West destroyed three steamers on the Mississippi, below Vicksburg, laden with stores and munitions of war.
13. The ironclad Indianola ran the blockade at Vicksburg, and was captured.
18. Gunboats commenced the bombardment of Vicksburg.
26. A train of 28 cars on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad captured by the rebels at Woodburn, Ky., and destroyed; conscription bill passed Congress.
27. The Confederate steamer Nashville, while attempting to run the blockade, got aground near Fort McAllister, Ga., and was destroyed by the blockading fleet.

1863. MARCH.
3. Confederates blew up their ironclad gunboat Indianola, being frightened by the approach of a sham monitor rigged on a flatboat, which had been fitted up to draw the fire of the batteries at Vicksburg in order to ascertain the number and location of the guns.
9. A band of Confederate cavalry passed through the Union lines, entered Fairfax, Va., and captured General Stoughton and a few privates.
10. President Lincoln issued a proclamation warning all deserters to return to service before April 1.
14. Commodore Farragut's fleet attempted to pass the Confederate batteries at Port Hudson, La., but only a part of the vessels succeeded; the Mississippi got aground and was destroyed.
17. Two hundred cavalry, under command of General Averill, crossed the Rappahannock, near Kellys' Ford, where but a single horseman could cross at once, and, in the face of a terrible fire from rifle pits and sharpshooters, charged the Confederates in their intrenchments, killing or capturing nearly the whole force; they then encountered Stuart's cavalry and, after a desperate hand-to-hand fight of five hours, routed them, with great loss, capturing 80 prisoners.
20. Major-General Burnside appointed to command of the Department of the Ohio; Negro brigade took Jacksonville, Fla.

1863. APRIL.
1. Bread riot in Richmond, Va., by a mob of 3,000 women, who broke open government and private stores, and took bread, clothing, and provisions.
2. An iron steamship, The Japan, ostensibly built for the Emperor of China, left Greenock, Scotland, for the coast of France, where she took on 12 Whitworth guns with ammunition, and then hoisted the Confederate flag and became the privateer Georgia.
6. General Mitchell, with 300 cavalry, dashed into a Confederate camp near Nashville on a saber charge, capturing 5, killing 15, and capturing all their tents, arms, horses, and equipments.
7. Attack on Charleston; Federal fleet was composed of 9 ironclad vessels, under the command of Commodore Dupont; the fight began on the afternoon of the 7th and lasted about two hours; the Keokuk was so badly damaged that she sank in a few hours; several other vessels were temporarily disabled; the fleet was then withdrawn; Colonel Streight's command of 1,700 men captured by Forrest's cavalry, 2 miles from Cedar Bluff, Ga., after severe fighting; Confederate General Van Dorn killed by Dr. Peters, in Maury County, Tenn. 13. General Burnside at Cincinnati, Ohio, issued an order denouncing the penalty of death against all persons found guilty of aiding the rebels, and declaring that all rebel sympathizers should be arrested and sent beyond the lines. New York riot; Irish laborers attacked the Negroes.
17. General Banks's command left Baton Rouge, fought three battles, two on land and one on Grand Lake, capturing 2,000 prisoners; six vessels of Porter's fleet ran by the Confederate batteries at Vicksburg, Miss.
18. Fayetteville, Ark., attacked by 3,000 Confederates, with four pieces of artillery; Union forces numbered but 2,000; Confederates were repulsed.
22. Federal ram Queen of the West captured in Grand Lake, with Captain Fuller and all her officers and crew, numbering 90; General McClellan's staff disbanded; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad destroyed between Cumberland and Grafton; advance guard of Marmaduke's army, under command of Colonel Newton, was surprised, the entire regiment being either killed or captured by the Union forces under Vandever.

1863. MAY.
2. Grierson's raid; on the morning of the 17th of April, 1863, the Sixth and Seventh Illinois Cavalry, 900 strong, under Colonel Grierson of the Sixth (together with 6 pieces of artillery), set out from Lagrange, Tenn., and pursuing in the main a southerly course, marched through the center of Mississippi, destroying as they went railroads, bridges, cars, locomotives, and stores of all kinds belonging to the Confederates. They traveled on an average of 40 miles per day; reached Baton Rouge, La., on the evening of May 2; traveled nearly 800 miles in sixteen days, and traversed seventeen counties; brought into Baton Rouge over 1,000 horses and a large number of cattle; 500 Negroes followed them.
3. Fredericksburg, Va. Second attempt to capture Fredericksburg was made by the Army of the Potomac under General Hooker and failed.
5. Clement L. Vallandigham arrested at his home in Dayton, Ohio, by order of General Burnside, for uttering disloyal sentiments in a public speech; tried by court-martial and sentenced to close confinement at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass.; President Lincoln changed the sentence to transportation beyond the enemy's lines; while in banishment, June 11, 1863, he was nominated for Democratic governor of Ohio and returned to his home June 15, 1864; office of the Dayton Journal destroyed by the mob; Suffolk, Va., abandoned by the Confederate troops and the fortifications destroyed; one hundred prominent secessionists of St. Louis sent south.
8. Proclamation by the President that all foreigners who had declared their intention to become citizens would be liable to enrollment and draft if they remained in the country sixty-five days.
10. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died at Richmond, Va., of wounds and pneumonia.
11. Buell court of inquiry adjourned after a session of one hundred and sixty-five days.
14. Grant defeated Joseph E. Johnston and captured Jackson, Miss., with 17 cannon and large quantities of military stores, besides 400 prisoners; the State capitol was destroyed by fire.
24. Austin, Miss., burned by Colonel Ellet's marine brigade.
25. Confederate navy-yard at Yazoo City destroyed.
28. The gunboat Cincinnati sunk by the Confederate batteries near Vicksburg; went down with her flag flying; 25 men were killed and wounded and 15 drowned.
29. An immense train, consisting of 600 wagons, 3,000 horses and mules, 1,500 head of cattle, and 6,000 Negroes from the Teche country, Louisiana, arrived within General Banks's lines.

1863. JUNE.
1. General Hunter removed from the command of the Department of the South; General Gilmore succeeded him.
3. Colonel Montgomery, of the Second South Carolina (colored) regiment, made a brilliant raid at the head of 200 men, up the Coosaw River, and about 25
miles into the interior, bringing back 725 Negroes, a fine lot of blooded horses, and other property valued at $600,000.
9. Col. Lawrence William Orten, formerly Lawrence Williams, United States Cavalry, and Lieutenant Dunlop, both of the Confederate Army, were arrested at Franklin, Tenn., in full Federal uniform, with forged orders and passes from Adjutant-General Townsend and General Rosecrans, as inspectors of the United States Army; they were hung as spies.
11. The famous blockade runner Herald was sunk at midnight by a broadside from our blockading fleet off Charleston.
15. President Lincoln called upon Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland to furnish 100,000 men to protect those States against a threatened invasion.
17. Two hundred Confederate cavalry which had made a raid into Indiana were captured on their return at the Ohio River. The Confederate ram Atlanta was decoyed into Wilmington waters, off the coast of South Carolina, and captured, after a brief fight, by the Weehauken, commanded by Capt. John Rodgers.
21. General McClernand removed by Grant and General Ord put in his place.
26. Rear-Admiral Foote died in New York City.
27. York, Pa., surrendered to the Confederates by the chief burgess, David Strong, and a "committee of safety."
28. General Hooker was relieved of his command of the Army of the Potomac at his own request; General Meade succeeded him.

1863. JULY.
1. Gettysburg, Pa.: In the latter part of June the Confederate Army, under Genl Lee, invaded Pennsylvania; on July 1 they were attacked by Genera Meade, near Gettysburg, and, after a three days' battle, were driven from the field. Missouri passed the ordinance of emancipation. Rosecrans drove Bragg from Tullahoma, Tenn.
4. The siege of Vicksburg by the Union Army under Grant commenced May 18,
and was pressed forward with almost unprecedented vigor until July 4, when Pemberton surrendered to General Grant 27,000 prisoners, 132 cannon, and 50,000 stands of arms.
5. John Morgan captured Lebanon, Ky., with 400 prisoners.
8. Morgan, with 5,000 cavalry and 4 pieces of artillery, crossed the Ohio River into Harrison County, Ind., and marched rapidly through the southern part of the State into Ohio, committing numerous depredations; on the 18th he was overtaken by the troops under Colonels Hobson and Judah, near Pomeroy, who captured all his artillery and 1,300 prisoners; with a mere fragment of his command he retreated to Columbiana County, Ohio, where, on the 20th, he surrendered to General Shackleford.
13. Riot in New York City against the draft, which lasted four days; soldiers were beaten, Negroes were hung, houses were burned, and much valuable property was destroyed; Colonel O'Brien, a militia officer, was hung by the mob; total killed, 150.
17. General Sherman attacked Jackson, Miss., routed Johnson and occupied the city; large stores were captured, also 40 locomotives and all the rolling stock of three railroads. General Ransom occupied Natchez, Miss.
20. A cavalry force, sent out by the Union General Foster, struck the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, in North Carolina, burned the bridge over Tar River, and seized a large quantity of cotton.
23. Kentucky again invaded by the Confederates. Kit Carson, with a part of the First New Mexico Regiment, defeated the Navajo Indians near Fort Canby.
30. Proclamation of President Lincoln that the United States will protect its troops of all colors, and that for every United States soldier killed in violation of the laws of nations a Confederate soldier should be executed, and for every one enslaved a Confederate soldier should be placed at hard labor on the public works.

1863. AUGUST.
17. An immense quantity of Confederate stores at Grenada, Miss., were destroyed by Lieutenant-Colonel Phillips, of the Ninth Illinois Mounted Infantry; he burned the depot and machine shops, tore up the railroad track, and destroyed 57 locomotives and more than 400 cars.
20. The town of Lawrence, Kans., was surprised in the middle of the night by 300 guerrillas, who had collected in Cass County, Mo., under the leadership of Quantrill; the town was set on fire and 182 buildings burned to the ground, and $2,000,000 worth of property destroyed; 191 persons were killed, many of whom were helpless women and children; 581 were wounded; after the departure of the guerrillas the citizens organized under Gen. James H. Lane, and pursued them to their headquarters, at Grand River, Mo., where they scattered in various directions; about 80 of the murderers were killed.
22. Colonel Woodson's cavalry made a successful onslaught upon numerous guerrilla bands in Arkansas, capturing Jeff. Thompson, with his entire staff.

1863. SEPTEMBER.
1. Little Rock, Ark., abandoned by the Confederates.
2. Forts Wagner and Gregg and the batteries on Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, abandoned by the Confederates.
4. General Burnside occupied Knoxville, Tenn., and was hailed with delight by the inhabitants. Bread riot by women at Mobile, Ala.; a regiment of soldiers refused to quell it, and a company of cadets who attempted to do so were put to rout by the rioters.

1863. OCTOBER.
6. Unsuccessful attempt to blow up the United States frigate Ironsides in Charleston Harbor by means of a torpedo.
9. General Crittenden's division of Rosecrans's army entered Chattanooga, Tenn.
10. General Burnside captured Cumberland Gap, with 2,000 prisoners and 14 pieces of artillery, under the command of Major-General Frazer. General Steele took possession of Little Rock, Ark.
17. Proclamation by President Lincoln for 300,000 men for three years or the war, the deficiency to be supplied by a draft.
20. The departments of the Cumberland and Mississippi were consolidated and placed under the command of General Grant. General Rosecrans was removed and General Thomas appointed in his place.

1863. NOVEMBER.
10. The British minister, Lord Lyons, informed the United States Government of a plot by Canadian secessionists to release the Confederate prisoners on Johnsons Island, Lake Erie.
17. General Longstreet commenced the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., which lasted until December 4, when the attempt was abandoned.
27. Confederate General John H. Morgan and six of his officers escaped from the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio.

1863. DECEMBER.
8. President Lincoln's proclamation of amnesty, offering a full pardon and a restoration of all property, except slaves, to all Confederates, with certain exceptions, who would take the oath of allegiance to the United States.

1864. JANUARY.
29. James A. Bayard, of Delaware, resigned his seat in the United States Senate, after having taken the oath of allegiance, which he had hitherto refused to do, although it had been taken by every other Senator.

1864. FEBRUARY.
3. Major-General Sherman, with the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Army Corps, left Vicksburg for a raid through Mississippi, and returned February 27, having marched 400 miles and having destroyed railroads, bridges, cars, locomotives, cotton, and 2,000,000 bushels of corn.
5. The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Army Corps entered Jackson, Miss., the enemy offering but little resistance; this was one of the initial movements in the great Southwestern campaign.
6. An attempt to surprise Richmond and release the prisoners at Belle Isle was defeated by a deserter, who revealed the plot to the enemy.
9. A large number of prisoners, including Colonel Streight, escaped from Libby prison.
15. Gen. W. T. Sherman, with his command, arrived at Meridian, Miss., on his great raid into the heart of the South; after destroying railroads and stores he returned to Vicksburg, Miss., with immense booty, on the 27th.

1864. MARCH.
1-4. Failure of a second attempt to surprise Richmond, in which Colonel Dahlgren was shot from an ambush while on the retreat; his body was stripped and horribly mutilated, and buried secretly so that it should not be recovered.
3. General Grant was formally presented by President Lincoln with his commission as lieutenant-general, and on the 12th was assigned to the command of the armies of the United States.
14. The Union forces under Gen. A. J. Smith captured Fort DeRussey, La., on Red River, with 325 prisoners, 12 pieces of artillery, 2,000 barrels of powder, etc.
23. The Army of the Potomac reduced to three corps by order of General Grant.
25. About 5,000 Confederates under Forrest captured Paducah, Ky., and fired the place.
28. The Fifty-fourth Illinois Regiment attacked by Coles County copperheads, at Charleston, Ill..

1864. APRIL.
9. Speaker Colfax offered a resolution to expel Alex. Long, of Ohio, from the House of Representatives for declaring himself in favor of acknowledging the independence of the Southern Confederacy.
12. General Forrest overpowered the Union forces at Fort Pillow; compelled them to surrender, and immediately after commenced an indiscriminate massacre of wounded, both colored and white, not excepting women and children who had taken refuge in the fort.
17,18. At Plymouth, N. C.,the Confederate ram and a battery sunk three Union gunboats.
23. The governors of Ohio, Illinois. Iowa, Wisconsin, and Indiana offered to raise for the General Government 85,000 men for one hundred days.
26. The Government accepted the services of the one hundred days' men and appropriated §20,000,000 for their payment.

1864. MAY.
5. Draft ordered in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Minnesota, Kentucky, and Maryland.
6. General Grant crossed the Rapidan and Lee fell back toward Richmond.
7. After three days' hard fighting Lee's forces retreated leaving 3,000 killed and 10,000 wounded on the field.
8. Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick killed by a sharpshooter while riding near the front of the army, no battle being in progress.
11. General Grant in making his report to Secretary Stanton used his since famous expression, "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer."
13. General Sheridan with cavalry reached the rear of the enemy near Hanover
Junction, Va., breaking two railroads, capturing several locomotives, and destroying Lee's depot of supplies at Beaver Dam, Va., containing over 1,000,000 rations.
15. Sherman after two days' fighting forced Johnson to evacuate Resaca, Ga.
18. The offices of the New York World and Journal of Commerce were seized by General Dix for having published a fraudulent proclamation from the President calling for 400,000 more troops; the forgery was perpetrated by two speculators, Howard and Mallison, in order to profit by the anticipated rise in gold.
23. The Confederate General John Morgan entered Kentucky with 4,000 men.

1864. JUNE.
5. Sherman flanked Johnson and captured Ackworth, Ga.
7. Union convention at Baltimore.
8. Abraham Lincoln and Governor Andrew Johnson were nominated for President and Vice-President.
11. Morgan demanded of Governor Bramlette the surrender of Frankfort, Ky., which the governor refused.
12. General Hancock drove the Confederates from Bottoms Bridge, Va., at the point of the bayonet.
15. Gen. A. J. Smith attacked by a force of 15,000 men.
19. The rebel privateer Alabama sunk off Cherbourg on the coast of France by the U. S. cruiser Kearsarge after an action of two hours.
23. Confederates attacked Wright and Hancock; captured three full regiments, after which they were repulsed.
24. The Maryland convention passed an amendment to the State constitution abolishing slavery.
27. General Sherman made an unsuccessful attack on the enemy, losing from 2,000 to 3,000 men, at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia.
30. Secretary Chase resigned and Hon. William P. Fessenden was appointed to fill the vacancy.

1864. JULY.
5. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, with a force of about 3,000 rebels, crossed the Potomac into Maryland.
10. The Confederates under Gen. J. A. Early moved toward Washington, D. C, by way of Rockville, Md., and Seventh Street pike.
11. Confederates approached Washington, D. C., and had a skirmish near Tenallytown; Confederates burned the mansion of Governor Bradford, of Maryland, in retaliation for the burning of Governor Letcher's house.
11-12. Fort Stevens (Brightwood), D. C. Confederates arrived at the fortifications around Washington early in the morning of the 11th. Skirmishing at Fort Stevens, D. C, was quite severe and lasted all day and well into the night. On the morning of the 12th firing was renewed with considerable vigor, and continued during the day. The last shot was fired about 10 o'clock p. m., the remainder of the night being spent in strengthening the position, burying the dead, caring for the wounded, and relieving the skirmishing line, which had been two days in front constantly under fire. On the morning of the 13th the enemy moved in the direction of Rockville, Md. This was the only battle of the civil war that took place in the District of Columbia and in sight of the Dome of the Capitol. It is also the only battle in which President Lincoln was present during the engagement.1 Asst. Surg. C. C. V. A. Crawford, of the One hundred and second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, was wounded while on the parapet of the fort, but a few feet from where President Lincoln stood, anxiously watching the progress of the battle. Troops engaged were the First and Second Divisions, Sixth Corps; Twenty-second Corps, convalescents, marines, Home Guards, and citizens, commanded by Major-General Augur. Union losses were about 54 killed, 319 wounded; the Confederate loss about 500 killed and wounded. During the retreat of the Confederates they burned the house at Silver Springs of Montgomery Blair, Postmaster-General.
13,15. The Confederates under General Forrest defeated in five different battles near Pontotoc, Miss.
17. The Confederate army was driven within the fortifications at Atlanta.
22. A great battle was fought before Atlanta, resulting in the complete defeat of the Confederates.
25. General Crook overtook the Confederates retreating from the Maryland raid and recaptured a large amount of stores; after a severe fight on the 23d and 24th General Averill was compelled to fall back to Harpers Ferry.
30. A mine containing 6 tons of powder under the Confederate forts at Petersburg was exploded, destroying the fort and garrison; Chambersburg, Pa., occupied by a force of 500 Confederates under McCausland, who demanded a ransom of $500,000; the people being unable to raise the sum he set fire to the town and plundered the houses, destroying over $1,000,000 worth of property.

1864. AUGUST.
5. The Confederate ram Tennessee was captured and several other vessels destroyed; shortly after Fort Gaines, Ala., surrendered and Fort Powell was evacuated.
7. Gen. P. H. Sheridan appointed to the command of the Army of Northern Virginia.
'The compiler recalls having seen President Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, accompanied by a military officer unknown to him, at Fort Stevens on the forenoon of July 11. Arriving by the Fourteenth street road, their carriage stopped and they alighted about 100 feet from the Brightwood Hotel and crossed the Seventh street road in the rear of the fort, or near where the car barn is now situated. They halted on a small knoll or rise of ground located on the right and not quite abreast of the fort. As they were crossing the Seventh street road they were joined by an officer from the fort with a pair of field glasses, with which he swept the country until he evidently located the object sought. He then handed the glasses to the President, at the same time pointing in the direction that he desired him to look. The glasses were in turn passed to Mr. Stanton and to the unknown officer before mentioned.
The distinguished party had been there but a very short time before the officer from the fort appeared anxious to have them move from their exposed position. The compiler was not near enough to hear the conversation, but the uneasiness of the officer to get them to return was very plain, as shown by his gestures and movements. He finally rather abruptly took the glasses from the President's hand and returned them to their case, starting in the direction of the carriage, the party followed, but rather reluctantly. I believe Mr. Stanton accompanied the officer from the fort on. his return to the carnage, the President and the other officer following.
The party passed within a few feet of the compiler both in going and returning to their carriage, and were in full view during their entire stay, which did not exceed thirty minutes. It was afterwards learned that the anxiety of the officer from the fort to get the party to a less exposed position was on account of several shots having struck but a short distance from where they were standing.
13. A Union supply train captured by Moseby's Cavalry, near Berryville, Va.
18. The Weldon Railroad seized by General Grant.
21. Confederate General Forrest with 3,000 cavalry made a dash into Memphis, Term., expecting to capture several field officers, but was unsuccessful.
23. Fort Morgan, Ala., surrendered.
30. Democratic convention at Chicago adopted a "peace plank" in their platform in which they declared the four years' war to be a failure.
31. Democratic convention nominated George B. McClellan, of New Jersey, for President, and George H. Pendleton, of Ohio, for Vice-President.

1864. SEPTEMBER.
2. Federals took possession of Atlanta.
3. President issued a proclamation returning thanks to Admiral Farragut, and Generals Canby, Granger, and Sherman, their officers and men, for the recent victories at Mobile and Atlanta.
4. General Sherman issued an order declaring that the city of Atlanta was to be held exclusively for warlike purposes, and ordering all the inhabitants to remove to the North or South as they might desire.
5. The Confederate Gen. John Morgan was killed near Greenville, Tenn.
16. Five thousand Confederate cavalry, under Wade Hampton, made a dash on the cattle pens of the Army of the Potomac, and ran off 2,485 beeves and some horses and mules, and took 300 prisoners.
19. The merchant steamers Island Queen and Parsons, on Lake Erie, were seized by secessionists in the guise of passengers; the Island Queen sank and the Parsons was abandoned, and the whole party was captured by the U. S. gunboat Michigan.
26. Henry W. Allen, governor of Louisiana, in a letter to the rebel Secretary of War, says: "The time has come for us to put into the Army every able-bodied Negro as a soldier."
27. Twenty-one discharged veterans returning home from Atlanta were captured at Centralia by Price's guerrillas; they were shot and their bodies horribly mutilated; Mayor Johnson with 150 militia started in pursuit, but was ambushed and killed with 91 of his men.
2S. General Grant advanced his lines on the north side of the James River to within 7 miles of Richmond; Confederates under General Price invaded Missouri.
29. Hood's rebel army commenced a grand flanking movement on General Sherman to get in his rear and drive him out of Atlanta.

1864. OCTOBER.
7. The pirate vessel Florida was captured by the U. S. S. Wachusett; Gen. P. H. Sheridan reported that he had moved back to Woodstock, Va., having made the whole country from the Blue Ridge to the North Mountain untenable for a Confederate Army; he destroyed over 2,000 barns filled with hay and grain, over 70 mills filled with flour and wheat, and took over 3,400 head of cattle and sheep.
12. Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, died at Washington, D. C.; Major-General Butler ordered 110 Virginia prisoners to be set to work on the Dutch Gap Canal exposed to the rebel fire, in retaliation for an equal number of colored soldiers who had been placed in a similar position by the Confederates.
13. Dalton, Miss., disgracefully surrendered by Colonel Johnson, Eighth United States colored troops, without firing a gun.
18. A fair for the benefit of Confederate soldiers was opened at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, England, by several ladies of the nobility.
19. Twenty-five armed men came to St. Albans, Vt., and robbed the banks of $223,000; they shot five citizens; some were arrested and professed to be Confederate soldiers.
30. General Hood made three attacks on Decatur, Ala., but was repulsed each time.

1864. NOVEMBER.
2. Secretary Seward notified the mayors of New York City and Buffalo of a conspiracy to set fire to the principal Northern cities on election day.
3. The Confederate ram Albemarle destroyed by Lieutenant Cushing.
8. The Presidential election took place; Lincoln and Johnson received 212, McClellan and Pendleton 21 electoral votes.
10. Acceptance of George B. McClellan's resignation, dated November 8.
12. General Sherman started on his march through Georgia, prepared for a fifty days' campaign. 14. Incendiary fires, kindled by rebel emissaries, occurred at 12 large hotels and 3 theaters in New York City at the same hours; the damage was small.
16. General Sherman left Atlanta and began his march to the sea.
19. General Beauregard issued a proclamation to the people of Georgia to obstruct all roads in Sherman's front, flank, and rear, "and his army would soon starve in their midst."

1864. DECEMBER.
13. Large naval expedition, tinder Admiral Porter and General Butler, left Fortress Monroe for an attack on Fort Fisher, at the mouth of Cape Fear River; Fort McAllister, Ga., captured by General Sherman.
20. The Confederates under General Breckenridge defeated in southwestern Virginia, and the salt works were destroyed.
21. General Sherman entered the city of Savannah, capturing 150 cannon, 30,000 bales of cotton, and other stores; Admiral Farragut was promoted to Vice-Admiral, a new rank just created by Congress.
29. Hood's army recrossed the Tennessee River, thus ending the Tennessee campaign.

1865. JANUARY.
1. The Richmond Sentinel in an editorial acknowledged the exhausted condition of the country and suggested that it would be better to surrender to Great Britain, France, or Spain, than yield to the United States.
3. Massachusetts ratified the constitutional amendment.
8. General Butler was removed from the command of the Army of the James and was succeeded by General Ord.
11. Missouri State convention passed an ordinance giving immediate freedom to all slaves in that State.
16. Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, N. C, was captured with all its equipments. Two hundred and forty officers and men were killed by the explosion of- the magazine at Fort Fisher, caused by Federal soldiers who were wandering through the works.
20. Confederates evacuated Corinth, Miss.; left wing of General Sherman's army left Savannah on a campaign against North and South Carolina.
27. Confederate incendiaries set fire to the city of Savannah, Ga.
31. Gen. R. E. Lee appointed Commander in Chief of the Confederate forces by Jefferson Davis; Congress passed the amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery.

1865. FEBRUARY.
1. Illinois ratified the constitutional amendment.
2. Maryland, Michigan, New York, and Rhode Island ratified the constitutional amendment.
4. Illinois black law was repealed.
6. John C. Breckinridge became the Confederate Secretary of War.
7. Gold sold in Richmond, Va., at 4.600, in Philadelphia, Pa., at 2.12½ Maine ratified the amendment.
9. Governor Bramlette, of Kentucky, advised the ratification of the constitutional amendment upon condition that the United States would pay Kentucky $34,000,000 for her slaves.
12. General Sherman occupied Branchville, S. C.
13. Indiana ratified the amendment.
17. Louisiana ratified the amendment; General Sherman's forces entered Columbia, S. C, and burned the city.
18. Charleston, S. C, evacuated by the Confederates and taken possession of by General Gilmore; a great amount of valuable property was destroyed, together with 6,000 bales of cotton; ammunition stored in the railroad depot exploded, and many lives were lost; General Gilmore hoisted the Union flag over Fort Sumter.
19. Fort Anderson, N. C, taken.
21. Fort Armstrong, N. C., taken; Wisconsin ratified the amendment.
22. Wilmington, N. C, captured.

1865. MARCH.
1. Admiral Dahlgren's flagship, The Harvest Moon, blown up by a torpedo in the Santee River.
2. General Sheridan captured Confederate General Early, with 1,800 men, between Staunton and Charlottesville, Va.
4. Abraham Lincoln inaugurated President for the second time, and Andrew Johnson, Vice-President.
10. General Sherman occupied Fayetteville, N. C.
11. President Lincoln issued a proclamation warning deserters to return to their commands within sixty days with promise of pardon if they served out their original term of enlistment.
12. Mobile attacked.
13. General Schofield occupied Kingston, N. C.
25. Robert C. Kennedy was executed at Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, as one of the incendiaries who attempted to burn New York City, he having confessed to setting fire to four buildings.
28. Commencement of the advance on Richmond.
31. The General Lyon, a United States transport steamer, burned off Cape Hatteras; only 29 persons saved out of 600.

1865. APRIL.
3. Evacuation of Richmond. Major-General Weitzel, of the Twenty-fifth Army Corps, entered Richmond; the necessity for the evacuation had been announced in the churches on Sunday and all the leading men left the city that evening; General Ewell set the city on fire and destroyed the bridges; four ironclads and five wooden vessels were exploded and the Virginia was sunk in the river.
4. President Lincoln held a levee in Jefferson Davis's house.
7. General Grant sent a letter to General Lee suggesting that a surrender of his armies would prevent further bloodshed, and offering honorable terms; General Lee asked what terms would be offered.
8. General Grant replied that he should only require that the surrendered men should be disqualified for taking up arms against the United States until properly exchanged.
9. General Lee replied that the time had not come to surrender his army, but that he would like to consult with General Grant in regard to a general restoration of peace; General Grant said that was out of his power and that an interview would be useless; General Lee accepted General Grant's first proposition; General Lee surrendered— 26,000 Confederates missing; Mobile, Ala., taken.
11. Lynchburg, Va., surrendered to a lieutenant and a scouting party.
12. Secretary of War decided to stop all recruiting, to curtail purchases of army supplies, to reduce the number of officers, and to remove all restrictions upon trade and commerce so far as consistent with public safety; Salisbury, N. C, and Columbus, Ga., taken.
13. Raleigh, N. C., taken; Governor Vance taken prisoner.
14. President Lincoln shot at Ford's Theater, Washington, D. C, by John Wilkes Booth, the actor; Secretary Seward was also assaulted at his residence and severely stabbed, but recovered from his wounds; Arkansas ratified the constitutional amendment; the old flag was raised again on Fort Sumter by Major Anderson, assisted by as many of his old garrison as had survived the battles of the four years which had passed since it was hauled down April 14, 1861; Mobile, Ala., surrendered to General Granger, of the Thirteenth Army Corps, and Admiral Thatcher.
15. President Lincoln died at the house of Mr. Peterson, No. 516 Tenth street, NW., Washington, D. C, at 7.22 a. m.
16. Andrew Johnson took the oath of office, and was declared President of the United States.
17. General Mosby surrendered at Berryville, Va.—700 Confederates missing.
19. The funeral services of Abraham Lincoln were held in Washington, D.C., and it was a day of general mourning throughout the United States.
21. Macon, Ga., captured by Wilson's Cavalry.
24. Fifty-one Confederate flags captured by General Sheridan's Cavalry were presented to the War Department.
26. Gen. J. E. Johnston surrendered with 27,500 men.
27. J. Wilkes Booth, the murderer of President Lincoln, shot and captured.

1865. MAY.
4. Remains of President Lincoln were interred at Springfield, Ill..; General Taylor surrendered—10,000 Confederates missing.
6. Commencement of the trial of those engaged in the conspiracy to murder President Lincoln.
9. President Johnson issued a peace proclamation declaring the war at an end.
10. Sam Jones surrendered at Tallahassee, Fla.—8,000 Confederates missing. Pursuit and capture of Jefferson Davis.
11. Jeff Thompson surrendered at Chalk Bluff, Ark.—7,454 Confederates missing.
22. President Johnson removed the blockade from the ports of all Southern States
23. Grand review Army of the Potomac at Washington, D. C.
24. Grand review of General Sherman's army at Washington, D. C.
26. Kirby Smith surrendered, 20,000 Confederates missing; this was the last armed Confederate organization to surrender; the grand jury of Washington, D. C, indicted Jefferson Davis and John C. Breckinridge for high treason.
29. President Johnson issued a proclamation granting amnesty and pardon to all persons who had been engaged in the rebellion, with certain exceptions.
31. General Hood and staff surrendered.

1865. JUNE.
1. A day of humiliation and prayer on account of the murder of President Lincoln.
8. The Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, reviewed by President and General Meade, Washington, D. C.
17. Gen. Robert E. Lee and Vice-President Alexander H. Stephens applied to the President of the United States for pardon.

1865. JULY.
7. A writ of habeas corpus was issued by Judge Wylie in case of Mrs. Surratt, but the writ was suspended by a special indorsement by the President.
10. Ford's Theater, where President Lincoln was killed, was to be reopened, but was taken possession of by United States soldiers, under the order of the War Department, and has not since been used as a theater.

1865. AUGUST.
1. Secretary of the Treasury issued an official statement of the public debt, which amounted to $2,757,253,275.86.
18. A military commission was appointed for the trial of Capt. Henry Wirtz, charging him with barbarous treatment of Union prisoners.

1865. SEPTEMBER.
11. Capt. J. B. Jones brought about $200,000 in gold and silver to Washington, which was captured at Augusta, Ga., and supposed to be a part of the spoils carried off by Jefferson Davis.

PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, MAY 1-10, 1865.
The expedition was in command of Lieut. Col. B. D. Pritchard, of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. The party was surprised in camp about daylight near Abbeville, Ga., the morning of the 10th. In the confusion the First Wisconsin and Fourth Michigan Cavalry fired upon each other, killing one officer and two men and wounding three others of the First Wisconsin. The prisoners captured were as follows:
Jefferson Davis, President Confederate States of America.
John H. Reagan, postmaster-general.
Colonel Johnson, aid-de-camp, President's staff.
Colonel Lubbock, aid-de-camp.
Col. Burton N. Harrison, private secretary to the President.
Maj. Victor Maurin, Richardson's Battalion Light Artillery.
Capt. George V. Moody, Madison's Light Artillery.
Lieutenant Hathaway, Fourteenth Kentucky Cavalry.
Midshipman Jeff. D Howell, Confederate States Navy.
Twelve privates.
The family of Mr. Davis consisted of Mrs. Davis, with four children, Miss Maggie Howell, sister of Mrs. Davis, two maids, and several servants.
The disguise worn by Mr. Davis at the time of his capture consisted of a lady's waterproof cloak or robe and a shawl. These articles were brought to Washington and turned over to the Secretary of War by Lieutenant-Colonel Pritchard, from whose official report the above was taken.

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SOLDIERS' HOMES.
United States Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C. Address, Governor.

THE NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS.

Central Branch, National Military Home, Montgomery County, Ohio.
Northwestern Branch, National Home, Milwaukee County, Wis.
Eastern Branch, National Home, Togus, Me.
Southern Branch, National Soldiers' Home, Elizabeth City County, Va.
Western Branch, National Military Home, Leavenworth County, Kans.
Pacific Branch, Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles County, Cal.
Marion Branch, National Military Home, Grant County, I
Danville Branch, Danville, Ill.

(There is a post-office at each of the National Homes.)

The National Homes are governed by a Board of Managers of which Gen. Martin T. McMahon is president
(post-office address, New York Life Building, New York City, N. Y.)
and
Col. George W. Steele is secretary
(post-office address, Marion, Ind., term expires 1902).
Agent in Washington, D. C., Capt. Thomas D. Yeager; office, room 17, Pacific Building, No. 624 F street NW.; residence, 925 O street NW.

STATE SOLDIERS' HOMES.
State/Location/Title of officer.

California..........................................Yountville.............................Commandant.
Colorado..........................................Monte Vista.........................Do.
Connecticut.......................................Noroton..............................Superintendent.
Idaho................................................Boise...................................Commandant.
Illinois...............................................Quincy.................................Superintendent.
Indiana..............................................Lafayette............................ Commandant.
Iowa.................................................Marshalltown...................... Do.
Kansas..............................................Dodge City........................ Do.
Massachusetts...................................Chelsea...............................Superintendent.
Michigan...........................................Grand Rapids......................Commandant.
Minnesota.........................................Minneapolis.........................Do.
Missouri............................................St. James.............................Superintendent.
Montana............................................Columbia Falls............. ......Commandant.
Nebraska...........................................Grand Island and Milford....Do.
New Hampshire.................................Tilton..................................Do.
New Jersey........................................Kearny.............................. Superintendent.
New York......................................... Bath................................. Do.
New York......................................... Oxford.............................. Do.
North Dakota.....................................Lisbon.............................. Commandant.
Ohio................................................. Sandusky...........................Do.
Oregon...............................................Roseburg...........................Do.
Pennsylvania...................................... Erie................................... Commander
Rhode Island..................................... Bristol................................Commandant.
South Dakota.................................... Hot Springs........................Do
Vermont............................................ Bennington.........................Superintendent
Washington....................................... Orting.................................Commandant
Wisconsin......................................... Waupaca............................Superintendent
Wyoming......................................... Cheyenne........................... Commandant

PRESIDENTS' PROCLAMATIONS IN REGARD TO DESERTERS.

March 10, 1863.—By President Lincoln, warning deserters from the Army and Navy to return to service, promising to all who did so before April 1, 1863, a remission of punishment, except pay and allowance during the time of their absence, and mentioning the severest penalty of the law against those who did not return to duty.

March 11, 1865.—By President Lincoln, warning deserters to return to their respective commands within sixty days, with promise of pardon, if they served out their original terms of enlistment.

October 10, 1873.—By President Grant, commanding it to be made known that all soldiers who have deserted their colors and who shall on or before the 1st day of January, 1874, surrender themselves at any military station shall receive a full pardon, only forfeiting the pay and allowance due them at the time of desertion, and shall be restored to duty without trial or punishment on condition that they faithfully serve through the term of their enlistment.

DESERTION.—ACT TO REMOVE LIMITATION OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO APPLY FOR RELIEF.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter eight hundred and ninety, volume twenty-five, of the United States Statutes at Large, entitled "An act to relieve certain appointed or enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps from the charge of desertion," approved August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, revived and reenacted.

Sec. 2. That section five of the said act be, and is hereby, so amended as to remove the limitation of time within which applications for relief may be received and acted upon under the provisions of said act.
Approved, May 24, 1900.

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LIST OF STATES SHOWING THE DATE SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED BY PROCLAMATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

Alabama (proclamation).....................................Jan. 1,1863
Arkansas (proclamation)....................................Jan. 1,1863
Delaware (amendment to constitution)................Dec. 18,1865
District of Columbia (act of Congress)................Apr. 16,1862
Florida (proclamation)........................................Jan. 1,1863
Georgia (proclamation).......................................Jan. 1,1863
Kentucky (amendment to constitution).................Dec. 18,1865
Louisiana¹ (proclamation)................................... Jan. 1,1863
Maryland (State ordinance)................................ Sept. 4,1864
Mississippi (proclamation).................................. Jan. 1,1863
Missouri (State ordinance)..................................Jan. 11,1865
North Carolina (proclamation)............................Jan. 1,1863
South Carolina (proclamation) ........................... Jan. 1,1863
Tennessee (State ordinance)............................ .Feb. 22,1865
Texas (proclamation)...................................... . Jan. 1,1863
Virginia² (proclamation).................................... Jan. 1,1863
West Virginia (amendment to constitution)...........Dec. 18,1865

¹ Except parishes of St. Bernard,Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, La Fourche, St. Marys, St. Martin, Orleans (including city of New Orleans).
² Except counties of Accomac, Berkeley, Elizabeth City, Northampton, Norfolk (including cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), Princess Anne, and York. Slavery was abolished in the above-named counties by the amendment to the United States Constitution which became effective December 18,1865.

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