captures Mason and Slidell, rebel emissaries, on board the English steamer Trent. Nov. 19. The First "Stone Fleet" sailed for the South from Connecticut and Massachusetts. “20. Kentucky, in State Convention, adopts an Ordinance of Secession. Dec. 4. John C. Breckinridge expelled from the U. S. Senate. "20. The main channel of Charleston Harbor obstructed by sinking sixteen vessels of the "Stone Fleet." "26. The Cabinet Council at Washington decide to give up Mason and Slidell. "28. New York banks suspend specie payments. 1862. Feb. 1. The President authorized by Act of Congress to take possession of all the railway and telegraphic lines when required for military purposes. "14. Commodore Foote receives his death-wound in an engagement at Fort Donelson. March 8. The first Iron-Clad Naval Engagement between the Monitor and Merrimac. Aug. 9. Recruiting brisk, and drafting in several Statestravelling restricted by order of Government to prevent fugitives escaping. Sept. 22. The President issues his Emancipation Proclamation to take effect January 1, 1863. "24. The President suspends the writ of Habeas Corpus. 1863. Feb. 16. The Senate pass the Conscription Bill, and on the 25th the House pass the same. July 13. Great Draft Riot in New York-continues four days. The Colored Orphan Asylum and a number of buildings burned. Twenty-five of the militia and police killed or wounded, and 150 of the rioters. 1864. June 5. Fremont and Cochrane nominated for President and Vice-President, but subsequently resign. "8. The Baltimore Convention nominate Lincoln and Johnson for President and Vice-President. "19. The Pirate Alabama sunk by the Kearsarge off the coast of France. Nov. 8. Lincoln and Johnson elected President and Vice President. "25. Hotels in New York burned by Southern incendiaries. 1865. Jan. 31. General R. E. Lee appointed Commander-in-Chief of Rebel forces by Jefferson Davis. Feb. 4. Failure of the Peace Negotiations with Rebel Commis sioners. Gold in Richmond 4,400. March 11. The President orders the disfranchisement of nonreporting deserters. April 3. Evacuation of Richmond. Jefferson Davis at Danville, Va., a fugitive. "4. President Lincoln holds a levee in Jefferson Davis' house. "7. Grant urges Lee to surrender, to save further effusion of blood. "9. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant. "10. Great rejoicing all over the country. "13. Grant advises the draft to be stopped and recruiting to cease. April 14. President Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre, Washington, by J. Wilkes Booth. "15. President Lincoln dies at 7.20 A.M. Andrew John son becomes the seventeenth President. "21. General Kirby Smith by proclamation asserts his ability to continue the Rebellion. "26. General J. E. Johnson surrenders with 27,500 men. May 9. President Johnson issues a Peace Proclamation declaring the war at an end. "10. Jefferson Davis captured at Irwinville, Ga. "13. $30,000,000 Seven-Thirty Loan subscribed this day. 1 k. 3 w 1 k. 13 k. 40 w.... 9 k. 38 w. 9 m....| 1 k.. 83 k. and w. 2 w... 9 k. 30 w..... None.. 20 k. 40 w... 30 k. and w., 70 p. Rebels defeated. Rebels defeated. 140 k. 150 w. 150 p. Capture of 200 tents, 60 wagons, 12 k.. 150 k. & W., and 6 cannon. Rebels defeated. 800 p. Gen. Garnett killed. 20 k. and w...... 5 k. 10 w. Three Federal colonels and two captains captured. Rebels defeated. Federal loss 28 pieces artillery, 5,000 small arms. |