The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-13
WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Dates of the Battles nnd Notable Eycnts In
fho War of the Rebellion In the United
Stntes.


Dates of the Battles nnd Notable Evcn,s In
fhc War OF the Rebeiiion In the United
Stntcs.
1861.
March Abraham 4. Lincoln, of Ili-
nois, was inaugurated the sixteenth
President of tho United States.
April 12.--Attack on Fort Sumter.
April Massachusetts Sixth rogi-
ment attacked in Baltimore.
April Harper's Ferry burned
The war of the rebellion was now fully
opened.
July 2l.--First regular battle of the
rebellion, at Bull Run, Va.
July.-General George b. Mcclellan
commenced to organize and discipline
the grand army of the Potomac.
1862.
At the commencement of the present
yoar the total gold ana silver coinage of
the United States amounted to $780,
1856.
February 6.-Surrender of Fort
Henry, Tenn.
February 16.-Fort Donelson, Tenn,
surrendered.
April 9.-Battle of Shiloh.
June 6.-Memphis surrendered.
June 26.-Commencement of the
seven days battles around Richmond
May Battle of Charlottesville.
May 27--Assault on Port Hudson.
June 27.-John Morgan starts on his
raid through Ohio.
July battle of Gettysburg, Pa.
three days.
July Vicksburg surrendered.
July 13.-New York riots commenced.
August 23.-The massacre ut the city
of Lawrence, Kan.
September 14.-Battles of South
mountain, Md.
September 15.-Harper's Ferry, with
II, 900 men, surrendered to the Confed-
crates.
September 16.-Battle of Antietam,
Md.
September 19.-Battle of Chicka-
mauga.
September 22.-President Lincoln
issued his emancipation proclamation.
October 21.-Battle at Balls bluff.
| October 24.-Battle above the clouds,
on Lookout mountains, Tenn.
November 7.-General George B.
Mcclellan removed from the command
of the army of the Potomac.
December 13.-Battle of Fredericks-
burg, Va.
March 10.-Red river expedition start,
ed, under General Banks.
April 12.-Battle at Fort Pillow, Tenn.
May 5.-Battle of the Wilderness.
May 9.-Battle OF Spottsylvania.
June 3.-Battle of Cold Harbor.
June Commencement of the
attack on Petersburg, Va.
June 19.-The Alabama, commanded
by Raphael Semmes, was sunk off Cher.
bourg, France, by the United States
man of-war Kearsarge, under command
of Captain Winslow.
August THE forts in Mobile bay
attacked by the fleet under Admira
Farragut.
September Atlanta, Ga, evacuted
by the Confederates.
October 19.-Battle of Cedar creek
in the Shenandoah valley, which Gen
Sheridan changed from defeat to victory
by his famous ride from Winchester.
November 16.-General Sherman
army commenced its "march" through
Georgia.
December 15.-Battle of Nashville.
February 27.-General Sheridan lef
Winchester with 10000 cavalry on hi
raid around Richmond.
April g. Richmond evacuated.
April 9.-General Robert E. Lee sur
rendered the army in the private dwell
ing of one of the inhabitants at Appo
ma tox Court House, Va. This virtual,
ended the war of the rebellion.
April 14-President Lincoln wa
assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
April 15.-Abraham Lincoln died o
the wounds he received on the previou
night.
April 15.-Andrew Johnson, Vice
President, of Tennessee, became seven
teenth President of the United States
i'll consequence of the death of Abraham
Lincoln.
April 16.-Jefferson Davis captured
April 26-John Wilkes Booth, tn
assassin of President Lincoln, was shot
July -Four persons named Heroic
Atzcrott, Payne and Mrs. Surratt, VIII
were charged with aiding in the assass
nation of President Lincoln, wer
hanged in Washington.
1866.
July 1.-The national debt reached il
) maximum amOunt-S2. 773. 236, 173,