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Feb 3, 2010 · Explore our timeline of the American Civil War and learn about the important events and battles that happened throughout this period of American history – from John Brown's Raid to the adoption of the 13th Amendment.
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An 1856 graduate of West Point, he began the Civil War as a...
- The Battle of Arkansas Post
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- May 11 Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia on Sheridan's Richmond Raid
Daniel T. Davis is a Senior Education Associate at the...
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The Battle of Chantilly Ox Hill. Making a wide flank march,...
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My response was that the Civil War is the defining event in...
- Second Battle of Reams Station
A. Wilson Greene. Following the capture of the vital Weldon...
- The First Income Tax
The first Federal income tax was levied to help pay for the...
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Background. After the Territory of Kansas approved the anti-slavery Wyandotte Constitution, it was admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, in the midst of the national secession crisis: six states had already seceded, and five more would follow in the coming months.
Aug 10, 2023 · One of the town's most notable pioneers was Robert M. Wright, a Civil War veteran who settled in Colby in 1873 and became a prominent businessman and community leader. Wright owned several businesses in town, including a general store and a hotel, and was
Dec 13, 2022 · If a few pivotal events had gone differently between 1861 and 1865, the country would be forever changed. Take a look at a Civil War timeline to learn the key dates of the Civil War and how they contributed to the Union victory.
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By 1861, the United States had been launched into a vicious civil war that would last four years – the next stage would be characterised by ferocious battles, with heavy defeats and hard-won victories for both sides...
With fighting concentrated in the southern states, the Union army waged all-out war, aimed at destroying the Confederacy's morale and crushing its capacity to wage war. As the conflict entered its final phase and the South put up determined opposition, both sides suffered huge losses...
Southern surrender at Appomattox, Virginia, 1865
After one final fling at the Union trenches outside Petersburg, Lee’s men retreated from one line of trenches to the next and escaped west across the Appomattox river. On 2 April, in anticipation of the fall of Petersburg, the Confederate government abandoned Richmond, setting its offices on fire, loading its treasury and archives into railroad cars and fleeing west. The following day the Confederate capital was in Union hands. The half-starved remnants of the Army of Northern Virginia, now g...
Lincoln’s assassination, 1865
On the evening of Good Friday, 14 April 1865, President Lincoln and his wife Mary went to Ford’s Theatre a few blocks from the White House to attend a benefit performance of a popular British comedy, Our American Cousin, raising money for the play’s producer, who also performed in the show. Well-known actor John Wilkes Booth, scion of a famous family of Shakespearean actors, entered the theatre by the stage door and made his way to the corridor outside the presidential box. A man of strong Co...
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Review the timeline of the events that led to the Civil War. 1787: Constitutional Convention delegates refused to recognize a “right” to “property in men,” leaving the question of slavery to Congress and the states. However, they compromised on the constitutional status of slavery.
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Oct 15, 2009 · The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights and westward expansion.
