Time+Line++of+the+Civil+War


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Civil War accesories
= = = = = April 19, 1861 - President Lincoln issues a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports of America. For the duration of the war the blockade limits the ability of the rural South to keep their supplies in order and to use them wisely in its war against the organized and prepared North. = = = = July 4, 1861 - Lincoln, in a speech to Congress, states the war is in fact..."a People's contest...a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men..." The Congress authorizes a call for 500,000 men.= =(We wish their were WOMEN in this speech).=

= July 27, 1861 - President Lincoln appoints George McClellan as Commander of the Department of the Potomac, which replaced McDowell.=

= Sept 11, 1861 - President Lincoln revokes General John C. Frémont's unauthorized military proclamation of emancipation in Missouri. Later on, the President relieves General Frémont of his command and replaces him with General David Hunter.=

= Nov 8, 1861 - The beginning of an international diplomatic crisis for President Lincoln as 2 Confederate officials sailing toward England are seized by the United States Navy.= =England, the leading world power, demands their release, threatening war. Lincoln eventually gives in and orders their release in December. "One war at a time," Lincoln tells his citizens.=

= Feb 20, 1862 - President Lincoln is struck with grief as his beloved 11 year old son, Willie, dies from a fever, probably caused by polluted drinking water in the White House.=

= June 25 - July 1 - The Seven Days Battles as Lee attacks McClellan near Richmond, resulting in very heavy losses for both armies. McClellan then begins a withdrawal back toward Washington.=

= Jan 29, 1863 - General Grant is placed in command of the Army of the West, with orders to capture Vicksburg. = = = = Jan. 31, 1865 - The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery.= =The amendment is then submitted to the states for ratification.=

