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 VicePresident. 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. k., W., k., w., & m. uncer.. 2 k. 30 k. and w., 20 p. 250 k. and w 7 k. and w 20 k. 40 w. Successful retreat of Sigel. Confederates defeated. 30 k. and w., 70 p. Confederates defeated. Confederates defeated. 140 k. 150 w. 150 p. Capture of 200 tents, 60 wagons, 12 k.. and 6 cannon. Confederates defeated. 150 k. & w., 800 p. Gen. Garnett killed. 20 k. and w 68 k. and w 1852 k. and w. 5 k. 10 w.. 40 k. 80 w. 3 k. 2 w. 7 p. Three Federal colonels and two captains captured. Confederates defeated. Federal loss 28 pieces artillery, 5,000 small arms. แ Col. Moore... Gen. Lyon.....Gens. Price and Capt. Dayton... Col. Dougherty McCulloch... Col. Hunter... Col. Reed. Gen. Rosecranz. Floyd. Lieut. Col. Scott. GnD.R.Atchison Col. Mulligan... Gen. Price.. Gen. Lane. Col. Pratt. Col.Montgomery Col. J. W. Davis Gn.J.J.Reynolds Gn. H.A.Jackson Lieut. Sadler... Capt. Holliday.. Col. W. Wilson. Gen. Anderson.. Maj. James... 13 18 miles N.E. of Lebanon, Mo. Maj. Wright....Capts. Lowel & Wright. |