American Civil War · Confederate
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Enero
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
22 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Stones River ends in a Union victory when the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg are repulsed for the final time by the Army of the Cumberland under General William S. Rosecrans.
1 más ese día
fallecimiento · 1904 James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (born 1821)
31 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
61 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1921 Devil Anse Hatfield, American Confederate guerrilla and leader of the Hatfield clan during the Hatfield-McCoy feud (born 1839)
82 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
1 más ese día
nacimiento · 1821 James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey (died 1904)
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
101 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
112 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Arkansas Post concludes as General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture Fort Hindman and secure control over the Arkansas River for the Union.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
161 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1815 Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar (died 1872)
192 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The first American ironclad warship, the is launched.
313 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery, and submits it to the states for ratification.
2 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1945 US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief of all Confederate armies.
Febrero
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States and joins the Confederacy a week later.
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six breakaway U.S. states meet and initiate the process that would form the Confederate States of America on February 8.
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
92 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Provisional Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1870 US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
101 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces besieging Fort Donelson in Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, the Confederates surrender the following day.
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
172 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the .
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
202 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
1 más ese día
fallecimiento · 1893 P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (born 1818)
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
221 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1870 Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
271 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
Marzo
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 Ulysses S. Grant is promoted to lieutenant general, giving him command of all Union Armies.
42 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
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acontecimiento · 1865 The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: and (rebuilt from the engines and lower hull of the USS Merrimack) fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
192 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1965 The wreck of the , valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: In Virginia during the Siege of Petersburg, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union before being repulsed.
281 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
Abril
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line during the Siege of Petersburg.
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
31 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
101 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
122 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Union forces surrender Fort Sumter to Confederate forces.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 militiamen to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
173 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
2 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1861 The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States; Virginia later becomes the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
271 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1822 Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (died 1885)
293 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
2 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1864 Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth begins as Union forces under General Henry Halleck move to engage Confederate forces led by General P. G. T. Beauregard.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Confederate forces led by General E. Kirby Smith attack federal troops retreating across the Saline at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas.
Mayo
12 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville between Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac under Joseph Hooker begins.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant win the Battle of Port Gibson and establish a firm presence on the east side of the Mississippi River.
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
62 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with a major defeat of the Union's Army of the Potomac under Joseph Hooker by the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
122 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Union Army troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
132 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1862 Southern slave Robert Smalls steals the steamboat Planter, spirits it through Confederate lines and hands it to the United States Navy, who quickly commission it as the gunboat and appoint Smalls as captain, thus making him the first black man to command a United States ship.
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, Union forces drive Confederates under Joseph E. Johnston out of Jackson, Mississippi in the Battle of Jackson.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, the decisive Union victory by Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Champion Hill drives the Confederate army under John C. Pemberton back towards Vicksburg, Mississippi.
172 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, Union forces under John A. McClernand defeat a Confederate rearguard and capture around 1,700 men at the Battle of Big Black River Bridge.
1 más ese día
fallecimiento · 1875 John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States, Confederate States general (born 1821)
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant begin the Siege of Vicksburg during the Vicksburg campaign in order to take full control of the Mississippi River.
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1959 The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
202 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
222 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1872 Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia, with Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth becoming the first Union officer to be killed during the war.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 Conclusion of the American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
271 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The first Union infantry assault of the Siege of Port Hudson occurs.
281 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1818 P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (died 1893)
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General Henry Halleck capturing the critical rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi from retreating Confederate forces under General P. G. T. Beauregard.
311 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
Junio
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
32 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant sustain heavy casualties attacking Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia.
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The First Battle of Memphis, a naval engagement fought on the Mississippi River, results in the capture of Memphis, Tennessee by Union forces from the Confederates.
82 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: A Confederate victory by forces under General Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Cross Keys, along with the Battle of Port Republic the next day, prevents Union forces from reinforcing General George B. McClellan in his Peninsula campaign.
92 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Brandy Station in Virginia, the largest cavalry battle on American soil, ends Confederate cavalry dominance in the eastern theater.
101 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
142 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1863 Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1913 American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
271 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta campaign.
Julio
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg - the Battle of Little Round Top takes place and results in a Union victory after the Confederate troops unsuccessfully try to assault the Union left flank.
32 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1913 Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
42 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1913 President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: The Confederate army in Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege, contributing to the Union capture of the Mississippi River.
51 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1801 David Farragut, American admiral (died 1870)
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends in a Union victory and, along with the fall of Vicksburg five days earlier, gives the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The New York City draft riots begin three days of rioting which will later be regarded as the worst in United States history.
152 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union Navy ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1870 Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
162 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
221 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: In the Battle of Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill outside Atlanta.
232 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Henry Halleck becomes general-in-chief of the Union Army.
1 más ese día
fallecimiento · 1885 Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (born 1822)
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
252 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery, in the wake of the defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1866 The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
262 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
281 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: In the Battle of Ezra Church, Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt under General John Bell Hood to prevent Union forces led by General William T. Sherman from approaching Atlanta, Georgia.
291 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
Agosto
53 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
2 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
81 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
101 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of Missouri.
141 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1870 David Farragut, American admiral (born 1801)
172 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
281 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
291 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.
311 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, the culmination of the Atlanta campaign, begins as Union forces under General William T. Sherman clash with Confederate troops under General William J. Hardee south of Atlanta.
Septiembre
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson inflict heavy casualties in the Battle of Chantilly during the Union withdrawal from the Northern Virginia campaign.
22 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta as the city surrenders, ending the Atlanta campaign as a victory for General William T. Sherman.
31 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
62 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
72 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
81 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
174 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac halts the first invasion of the North by Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
3 más ese día
fallecimiento · 1862 Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, American politician and Confederate general (born 1820)
fallecimiento · 1862 William E. Starke, Confederate general (born 1814)
nacimiento · 1820 Earl Van Dorn, Confederate general (died 1863)
182 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga begins between Confederate and Union forces. It involves the second highest amount of casualties for any American Civil War battle apart from Gettysburg.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1862 The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1869 Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
291 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War.
Octubre
22 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1980 Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners ensues.
31 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth begins as Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn attack Union defenses led by General William Rosecrans around Corinth, Mississippi.
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General William Rosecrans protecting the critical rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi from Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
81 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Westport is the last significant engagement west of the Mississippi River, ending in a Union victory.
272 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Union forces led by General William F. Smith defeat Confederate forces in the Battle of Brown's Ferry, opening up a supply line to the besieged city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Union General Benjamin Butler launches an attack during the Siege of Petersburg with the Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road, but is repulsed by the next day.
281 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: In East Tennessee, Union forces under General Alvan C. Gillem route Confederate troops under General John C. Vaughn during the Battle of Morristown.
291 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet in one of the few night battles of the war, protecting the Union's recently opened supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Noviembre
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in materiel at the Battle of Johnsonville.
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
81 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
101 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1865 Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Bull's Gap ends in a Union rout as Confederates under Major General John C. Breckinridge pursue them to Strawberry Plains, Tennessee.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins his March to the Sea through Georgia towards the city of Savannah.
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Confederate troops under General James Longstreet unsuccessfully attack Union forces in the Battle of Campbell's Station, allowing General Ambrose Burnside to secure and fortify Knoxville, Tennessee.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: During the Knoxville campaign, Confederate forces under General James Longstreet besiege the city of Knoxville, Tennessee and its Union defenders led by General Ambrose Burnside.
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg at Missionary Ridge in Tennessee.
272 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
282 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
291 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from an attack by Confederate forces under General James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders during the Siege of Knoxville.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio under General John Schofield in the Battle of Franklin.
Diciembre
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: In his second State of the Union Address, President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
43 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The 109 electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.
2 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Union cavalry forces defeat Confederate cavalry in the Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia, opening the way for General William T. Sherman's army to approach the coast.
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Confederate General James Longstreet lifts his unsuccessful siege of Knoxville, Tennessee after failing to capture the city.
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by Congress.
102 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Fredericksburg begins as the Army of the Potomac under Union General Ambrose Burnside crosses the Rappahannock River to clash with the Army of Northern Virginia led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: sinks on the Yazoo River.
132 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee repulses attacks by Union Major General Ambrose Burnside on Marye's Heights, inflicting heavy casualties.
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: The Confederate victory under General James Longstreet at the Battle of Bean's Station in East Tennessee ends the Knoxville Campaign, but achieves very little as Longstreet returns to Virginia next spring.
152 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Fredericksburg ends in a Union defeat as General Ambrose Burnside withdraws the Army of the Potomac across the Rappahannock River.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Nashville begins at Nashville, Tennessee, and ends the following day with the destruction of the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General John Bell Hood as a fighting force by the Union Army of the Cumberland under General George H. Thomas.
162 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1863 American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints General Joseph E. Johnston to replace General Braxton Bragg as commander of the Army of Tennessee.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Nashville ends as the Union Army of the Cumberland under General George H. Thomas routs and destroys the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General John Bell Hood, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
221 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1864 American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the Union's Army of the Tennessee, and General Sherman tells President Abraham Lincoln: "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah".
231 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1892 Frederick Tracy Dent, Brigadier General in the Regular United States Army, brother in law to President Ulysses S. Grant.
262 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1861 American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus easing tensions between the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins as Union General William T. Sherman starts landing his troops in an attempt to advance on Vicksburg, Mississippi.
292 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou ends in a Union defeat as forces under General William T. Sherman are repulsed with heavy losses by Confederate troops under General John C. Pemberton.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1860 The launch of , with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.
311 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee between the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg and the Union Army of the Cumberland under General William S. Rosecrans.
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