The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-07
Anniversaries Occurring In April.

( we nave cOluEIleu tue 4OuOhluS re
cord ofimportant events which occurred
in the month of April, during the war
believing that it will be interesting tC
the general reader, and serve to recall
some of the most eventual epochs in the
history ofour country:
1. Mcclellan commences the siege o
Yorktown C62. battle of Five Forks
2, Battle of Petersburg. Va; GRAM
attacks on the entire line; Lee defeated
retreats, evacuates Petersburg and
Richmond.-Selma, Ala, captured by
"siSS 8. GensPal @ weitzel occupies Rich
mond, Va; JEFF. Davis a fugitive at
4. President lincoln holds a levee in
Jeff. DaVis's house, in Richmond Va
('65.) .-
5. General Sheridan heads off Lees
retreat at Burkesville, Va; Accident
to Mr.. Seward ('65.)
6. The Virginia Convention favorS Sc
cessinn ('6l).-First day of battle oi
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Island No
10 surreuders to FOote (62.
z. Second day of battle of Pittsburg
Landing, Tenn. r62. )-Ironclad attack
on Fort Sumter; the Re0k1tk sunk Cos.
Grant urges Lee TO surrender, and the
latter asks for terms E'65.l
8. General Grant oilers terms ofcapit-
u1ation to Lee C65.)
0. Lee surrenders to General Grant
Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay, surrenders
after heavy bumbMrdment 1851
10. General Gilmore commences
bombardment of Fort Pulaski, Ga. C62.) }
jeff. Davis at Macon, Ga. C65.l
IL. Fort Pulaski, Ga, surrenders
Siege of Fort Macon, n. c., commenced
C62.) .a,s,-.rfI ..si...-r:.-
II: Bombardment of Sumter COM
menced C6l. )-General Mitchell occu-
pies Stevenson, Ala. ('62. 2.)-Mussucre at
Fort Pillow by EOrrest.-NIHX
invested with Imperial honoEs {t63.) =
All the defences of Mobile cHptured.-
Stoneman captures Salisbury, n. c.,
and Wilson captures sMontgomery, Ala.
Ii. Major Anderson surrenders Sum
ter ('6l. 1.-The drait and recruiting sns-
pended by request OF General Grant,
Sherman captures Raleigh, n. c.
Candy occupies Mobile, Ala. C65.l
II. Bombardment of Fort Pillow
commenced C62. .)-Lincoln assasinated
IS. The President calls for 75, 900 vol
unteeers p6l. president Lincoln dies
and Andrew johnson becomes Presi-
dent of the United States ('65.)
l6. Virginia secedes ('6l.)-BatIle of
Lees Mills, Va. c62. Five gunboats
run past the Nicksburg batteries C63. }
johnson asks Sherman for terms OF
capitulation; General Wilson captures
II. General Banks occupies Port
Jackson, Va. C62. Grierson
commences raid through Mississippi
C63.) ,s E5EyE.
Is. General Mcdowell occupies Fal-
mouth, Va. r62. .)-PMnici in the gold and
stock market in Wall street COS. y
General Sherman makes an armistice
with Johnson; Arrest of Payne the at
tempted assassin of Mr.. Seward C65.)
10. The Sixth Massachusetts attacked
in Baltimore; n blockade of Southern
ports proclaimed ('6l.)
20. General Vessels surrenders at
Plymouth, N. G. C63.)-A general Fast
Day in this State; General Wilson cap
lures Macon, Ga. C65.) - - T-,.-.s q 1T
81 The advance of Grants army
passes Vicksburg on transports (63.)
"a. Farragutengages and passes Forts
st. Philip aud Jackson ('62. 1.-THE re-
mains of President Lincoln arrive in
New York ('65.) -f-T4
25. Fort Macon, n. c., surrenders to
General Parke C62.)-Obsequies of
President Lincoln take place i'll New
York CU5.)
.26. New Orleans surrenders to Farra-
gut C62. 2.)-Juhn Wilkes Booth shot;
Johnston surrenders to General sher-
man CB5.)
20. The President calls out more
troops C6l. 1.-THE War Department or
ders general reduction of the military
establishments; General Candy grants
Dick raS lor an Hrmistice preparatory
to his surrender; General Howard COM
mences his triumphal march from Rail
eigh TO Washington ('65.)
80. Tennessee secedes (6I. )-National
Fast Day; battle OF rBraulinsburg, Miss;
Naval engagementa at Grand Gull, Miss.
c63. 1.-The formal surrender ofJOhns-
ton takes place at Greensboro, n. c. .C'65.)