The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-07

at plymouth N H.,
aged 60.
June 19-Federal cruiser Kearsarge cap
tured confederate cruiser Alabama off
Cherbourg, France.
July 16-Gold reached the maximum, go
per cent
Sept 2-Atlanta captured by Cen Sher-
man.
Oct. 3l-Nevada admitted to the union by
proclamation of president
Nov. S-Twentieth presidential election.
Lincoln and Johnson carried Y states; Nc
Clellan and Pendleton, 3; II not voting.
Nov. 14-Sherman's march to the sea be-
gan.
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 1S-Confederate congress adjourned
sine die.
April 9-Lee surrendered to Grant at APP
April 14-President Lincoln shot by ].
Wilkes Booth in Ford's theater, Wash
ington.
April 15-President Lincoln died at 7:SO a.
m. Vice President Johnson took oath of
office as president same day.
April 15-Military Order of the Loyal Lee
gion formed.
near Bowling Green, Va.
May 10-Jefferson Davis captured by mem
bers of Fourth Michigan cavalry at
1rWinSVille, 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 2,261; 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.
May 22-23-Grand review of federal armies
at Washington.
Dec. 1-Habeas corpus restored in north
ern states by proclamation.
Dec. S-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 29-Gen. Winfield Scott died at West
Point, aged so.
July 24-Tennessee readmitted to the union.
1867.
Feb. 9-Nebraska admitted to the union.
March military reconstruction act
passed over presidents veto.
May 13-Jefferson Davis admitted to bail.
June 20-U. S. acquired Alaska from Rus
STA; ooo Consideration S2OO,OOo Extent.
577, 800 square miles.
Feb. 24-House of representatives voted to
impeach President Johnson.
May 5-Grand army instituted Decoration
day. designating May so.
May 26-President Johnson acquitted of i'm
parchment charges.
June 1-Ex-President James Buchanan
died at 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, 214 electoral and 3,015-
OIL popular votes, and Horatio Seymour
so electoral and 2,709,613 popular votes.
Dec. 25-Amnesty proclamation granting
unconditional pardon to all concerned
in confederate rebellion issued.
1869.
May 1O-Union Pacific railroad opened for
July 1-Soldiers' national monument at
Gettysburg dedicated.
Sept. A-"Black Friday" elimination Of
financial panic in New York. Gold
quoted at 1921.
Oct. S-Ex-President Franklin Pierce died
at Concord, N. H. aged 65.
Nov 24-American Woman's Suffrage as
ISOLATION formed at Cleveland, o.
Dec 10-Wyoming gave women the right
to vote and hold office.
Dec. A-Edwin M 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-Mississippi readmitted to the
union.
March 30-Texas readmitted to the union.
April 9-American Anti-SlaveTS- 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 15-Georgia readmitted to the union.
July 24-First through car from the Pa
ciflc reached New York.