Articles from 1867
One month after Lincoln was elected president on November sixth, the delegates gathered in South Carolina for the Secession Convention. The representatives from South Carolina resign from Congress, other Southerners follow. Major Anderson removed his Federal troops from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter.
A printable chronology of the major events that took place during 1862, the second year of the American Civil War.
The high hopes that both sides enjoyed during the previous year had entirely vanished and were replaced instead by a sense of grim determination.
Here is a chronology of the major events that took place during 1863, the bloodiest year of the American Civil War.
Here is a printable chronology of the important events that occurred during 1864, the most decisive year of the American Civil War.
Attached is a printable chronology of the important events that occurred during 1865, the last year of the American Civil War.
These are the letters written between April seventh and ninth, 1865, by Union General Ulysses S. Grant (1822 – 1885) and his Confederate counterpart, General Robert E. Lee (1807 – 1870), that established the terms of surrender and cleared the way for that famous meeting near Appomattox Courthouse.
These words concerning the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln were penned a couple of years after the event took place, for an 1867 history on the American Civil War. The author referred to a popular allegation that was a common among Northerners at the time:
It was alleged, and with some reason, that the plot was known to, and approved by, the Rebel government in Richmond, and that [Jefferson] Davis and some of his cabinet, and their agents in Canada, were accomplices in the crime. Whether this be so or not, certain it is that propositions to assassinate President Lincoln and other prominent members of the government were received and entertained by Davis and his associates, and were not rejected at once, and with the scorn which became civilized and Christian men.
– from Amazon: Day of the Assassins: A History of Political Murder
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Our own losses were very severe, two thousand eight hundred and thirty-four killed, thirteen thousand seven hundred and nine wounded, and six thousand six hundred and forty-three missing – in all twenty-three thousand, one hundred and eighty-six.
It is impossible, in a report of this nature, to enumerate all the the instances of gallantry and good conduct which distinguished our success on the hard-fought field of Gettysburg. The reports of corps commanders and their subordinates, herewith submitted, will furnish all information upon this subject.
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Here is a printable chronology of the important events that occurred during 1863, the most slaughterous year of the American Civil War.
The blood flowed deep in 1863 and the year proved to be a decisive one for the Union Army as the Rebels were driven out of Pennsylvania – at the same time the Confederate defense of Vicksburg (Mississippi) collapsed. General Sherman continued his march to the sea while the women of Mobile (Alabama) cried out for bread. In the North, President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and draft riots broke out in Boston and New York City.
