Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-06

at Plymouth, n. H.,
aged 60.
June 19-Federal cruiser Kearsarge cap
tured confederate cruiser Alabama OH
CherbourG, France. oo-
July 16-Gold reached the maximum, 2So
per cent. CO,
Sept 2-Atlanta captured by Cen Sher-
Oct. 3l-Nevada admitted to the union by
proclamation of president.
Nov. S-Twentleth presidential election
Lincoln and Johnson carried % states; Nc
Cellan and Pendleton, 3; IL not voting.
Nov. H-Sherman's march to the sea be-
Dec. 21-Savannah captured by Gen. Sher-
man.
Feb. 1S-Gen. Lee placed in command of
all confederate forces.
March 3-Confederate debt disowned by
act of congress.
March lS-Confederate congress adjourned
sine die.
April 9-Lee surrendered to Grant at APP
April 14NPresldent Lincoln shot by ].
Wilkes Booth in Ford's theater, Wash
ington.
April 15-President Lincoln died at 1880 a.
m. Vice President Johnson took oath of
office as president same day.
April 15-Military Order of the Loyal Lee
April 26-J Wilkes Booth shot in barn
near Bowling Green, Va.
May 10-Jefferson Davis captured by MEM
Irwinsville. Ga
May Blast battle of the war fought
Federals defeated by confederates near
Palo Pinto, Tex. The total number of
enlistments in the federal service were
2,S59, 1872; total number of engagements
fought between the two armies 2,26l: in
the federal army the total loss by death
was 279, 1856; the confederate government
existed years l month and IA days.
May 22-Southern ports opened by proc
lamation of president.
Nav nf federal a
at Washington.
Dec. 1--Habeas corpus restored in north
ern states by proclamation.
Dec. 1S-Thirteenth amendment to consti-
tuition declared adopted by the several
states.
April 6-First post of grand army organ
lied at Springfield, Ill.
April 9-Civil rights bill passed over the
presidents veto.
May, 2s-Gen; Winfield Scott died at West
July 24-Tennessee readmitted to the union.
Feb. 9-Nebraska admitted to the union.
March military reconstruction act
passed over presidents veto.
May l3-Jefferson Davis admitted to bail.
June 2O-U. s. acquired Alaska from Rus
sia. Consideration s7200OO0. Extent,
577 $50 square miles.
1868.
Feb. 24-House of representatives voted to
May 5-Grand army instituted Decoration
day, designating May 30.
May 26-President johnson acquitted of i'm
peachment charges.
June 1-IGxP President James Buchanan
died al Wheatland, Pa.
June 22-Arkansas readmitted to the union.
June 25-North and South Carolina, Ala
bama, Florida and Louisiana readmitted
to the union
July 2S-Fourteenth amendment to consti-
tuition declared adopted
Nov. 3-Twenty-first presidential election.
Ulysses S. Grant, PA electoral and 3,015,
OIL popular votes, and Horatio Seymour
so electoral and 2,709613 popular votes.
Dec. 25-Amnesty proclamation granting
unconditional pardon to all concerned
in confederate rebellion issued.
1869.
May 1O-Union Pacific railroad opened for
traffic.
July l-soldiers' national monument at
Gettysburg dedicated.
Sept. 2i-"Black Friday" elimination of
financial panic in New York. Gold
Oct President Franklin Pierce died
at Concord, N. H., aged 65.
Nov. 24-American Womans Suffrage as
sociation formed at Cleveland, o.
Dec. 10-Wyomng gave women the right
to vote and hold office.
Dec. 24-Edwin NJ. stanton died at Wash
ington aged So.
Jan. 26-Virginia readmitted to the union.
Feb. 9-Congress authorized the establish
ment of the weather bureau.
Feb. 23-Mississppi readmitted to the
union.
March 30-Texas readmitted to the union
April 9-American Anti-Slavery society.
after existence of 81 years. dissolved.
March 30-Fifteenth amendment to con-
stitution declared adopted.
June-Ninth census taken Population,
3S.5Ss.371.
July is--Georgia readmitted to the union
July +i-First through car from the Pa
cifit reached New York.