The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-04-20
Anniver.a,le. oosp.rlar 10 Arrll.

The New York Commercial b..
compiled the following importaut
events which occurred in the month
OF April during the war. bclieying
that it will be interesting to tlre gen.
eral reader, and serve to recall some
OF the most eyentful epochs in tie
history Of our country:
j. Mcclellan commences the sjeca
OF Yorktown, '62--battle of Five
Forks, Va. '65.
2. Battle of Petersburg, Va, Grant
attacks on the entire line; Lee defeat
cd, retreats, evacuatcs Petersburg and
Richmond. Selma, Ala, captured by
Wilson, IS.
8. General Wetzcl occupies Rich.
mond, Va; JEFF. Davis fugitive at
Danville, '65. ~ =
a. President Lincoln holds levee
in JeT. Davis's house, in Richmond,
Va, '65.
D. Gen. Sheridan heads off Lees
retreat at Burkesville, Va, accident
to Mr.. Seward, '65.
@. The Virginia Convention fayors
secession, '6l. First day of the bat
tie Of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn,
leland No. 10 surrenders to Foote,
81.
4. Second day OF the battle of
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn, '62. Iron
clad attack on Fort Sumter. the Keo-
kuk sunk, '63. Grant urges Lee to
surrender, and the latter asks for
terms, IS.
3. Gen. Grant offers terms of cap.
itulation to Lee, '65.
D. Lee surrenders to Gen. Grant;
Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay, surren.
ders after heavy bombardment, So.
10. Gen. Gilmore commences
bomoardment of Fort Pulaski, Ca,
62. jeff. Davis at Macon, Ca, '65.
III. Fort Pulaski, Ca, surrenders;
siege Of Fort Macon, N. c., CON-
menced, '62.
II. Bombardmcnt of Sumter com.
menced, 61. General Mitchell occu-
pies Stevenson, Ala, '62. Massacre
at Fort Pillow by Forrest. Maximil-
ian invested with Imperial honors,
63. All the defences of Mobile cap
tured. Stoneman captures Salisbury,
N. c., and Wilson captures Mont
gomery, Ala, '65.
13. Major Anderson surrenders
Sumter, 81 The draft and recruit
ing suspended by request of Gen.
Grant. Sherman captures Raleigh,
n. G. Candy occupies Mobile, Ala,
'G5.
Ii. Bombardment of Fort Pillow
VV,"no"Oou, vA' Lin.vin aSoasoina-
ted, 'G5.
10. The President calls for rs 900
volunteers, 81. President Lincoln
dies and Andrew Johnson becomes
President of the United States, So.
16. Virginia secedes, 81. Battle
of Lees Mills, Va, '62. Five gun.
boats run past the Vicksburg bate.
ries, '63. Johnston asks Gen. Sher-
man for terms of capitulation; Gen.
Wilson captures Columbus, Ga, '65.
II. General Banks occupies Port
Jackson, Va, 81. Colonel Grierson
commences raid through Mississ.
ippi, 65.
49, Gen. Mcdowell occupies Fal-
mouth, Va, '65. Panic in gold and
stock market in Wall street, Ga
Gen. Sherman makes an armistico
with Johnston; arrest OF Payne, the
attempted assassin of Mr.. Seward.
SO. fs
49, The sixth Massachusetts, at
tackled in Baltimore; q blockade OF
southern ports proclaimed, '6l.
20. Gen. Vessels surrendcrs at
Plymouth, N. c., '63. A general
fast day in this State; Gen. Wilson
captures Macon, Ca, '65.
- The advance of Grants's army
passes Vicksburg on transports, '63.
"a. Farragut engages and passes
Forts ST. Philip and jackson, '62.--
The remains OF President Lincoln ar.
rive in New York, '65.
%. Fort Macon, N. c., surrenders
to Gen. Parke, '62. Obsequies OF
President Lincoln take place in New
York, 'G5.
26. New Orleans surrenders to
Farragut, 90 John Wilkes Booth
shot; johnson surrenders 10 Sherman,
1 50.
30. The President calls out more
troops, 81. The War Departmen
orders a general reduction of the mil
itary establishment; Candy grants
Dick Taylor All amistice preparatory
to his surrender; Gen. Howard CON-
mences his triumphal march from
Raleigh to Washington, '65.
30. Tennessee secedes, 'Gl. Ma
tional fast day; battle of Braulins.
burg, Miss; naval engagement at
Grand Gulf, Miss, '63. The formal
surrender OF Johnston takes place at