The National tribune., 1906-05-10
OUR NATIONAL SABBATH
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! Home Guards. captured Camp Jackson,
I near st. Louis. Mo.
May 13 Gen. b. F. Butler, with 500
men of the 9th Mass. $50 of the Sth
| y. Y. and a section of Cooks Battery
| occupied Baltimore without resistance.
| May 20 the North Carolina Conven-
| ton passed the Ordinance. Vote not
given
The attempt to hold Convention in
Tennessee was defeated by a big popular
majority against it. but June the Leg
islature adopted Declaration of In
dependence and Ordinance of Seces-
sion" and Gov. Isham G. Harris issued
q proclamation declaring the State out
of the Union.
May % the people of Virginia went
through the form of ratifying the Ordi
nance of Secession, under the pressure
.of the rebel regiments with which the
State had been filled. The Ordinance
was declared TO be ratified.
May "A, at . p. m, the 14th, 69th, 5th
and 2Sth II. Y. S. NJ. with company
of cavalry and section of artillery,
crossed the Aqueduct Bridge from
Washington into Virginia. and occupied
Arlington Heights, which commanded
the city. At the same hour the 1st Mich,
18th, 18th and eth n. Y. 5. M, Sd n. j.,
a company of cavalry and section of
artillery crossed the Long Bridge, and
advanced on Alexandria. The 1st n. V.
-Zouaves. which had been encamped be-
low Washington, crossed the river. and
landed on the wharves of Alexandria
under the protection of a gunbOat. Col.
Ellsworth was killed while carrying off
a rebel flag, and his assassin Immediate
ly slain.
May &c the 16th Ohio crossed the
Ohio River into Virginia at Bellaire, and
H.. D-a,l-gN
So the great drama was begun.
The Ending-1S85.
April Gen. Robert f. Lee surren-
dered the Army of Northern Virginia at
Appomattox Courthouse, Va, to the
Armies of the Potomac and James, un-
der the command of Lieut.-Gen. L. $.
Grant.
April IS the Secretary of War direct
ed the suspension of all recruiting Of
troops in the loyal States by volunteer
enlistments.
April II Gen. Mosby surrendered his
immediate command with 700 prisoners
10 Maj.-Gen. w. S. Hancock.
April IS Gen. Jos. E. Johnston sur
rendered his command at BennettS 5
House, near Durham Station, \. c., to
the Armies of the Tennessee. Georgia
and Ohio, under the command of Gen.
W. r sherman. This surrender includ-
ed the Confederate forces operating in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and East Florida.
April % James r. Fry, ProvoSt-Mar-
shai-General issued the following or
der: "-rhe Secretary of War having di-
rected that the recruiting of men in the
loyal States for the volunteer forces be
stopped, now directs that the recruit
mcnt FOR the volunteer forces of all per-
sons. including colored men, in all
ha uohra rod in fhp order and
their enlistment be discontinued"
May 4 Gen. Richard Taylor Surren-
dered his command being the Confed-
crate troops in Mississippi and Alabama.
TO Gen. Z. r. S. Candy, at Citronelle,
Ala.
May 9 the President issued proclaim
alton announcing the re-establishment
of the United States authority in the
State of Virginia.
May 10 the President issued proc
1amatien directing the arrest of insur-
gent cruisers, and refuses hospitalities
10 the public vessels of certain Nations
showing hospitalities to insurgent cruis-
ers after notice.
May 10 Jefferson Davis. who was try
ing To escape. was captured at lrwins-
vile. Ga.
May II Gen. jeff Thompson surren-
dered his command to Gen. G.. NJ. Dodge
at Chalk Bluff, Ark.
May IA the Confederate naval forces
IN the waters of Alabama surrendered.
MAY Il the Secretary of War directed
that all volunteer organizations of white
troops in the Army of the Potomac
whose terms expired between that date
and Sept. 80, 1865, be Immediately mus
tered out of the service.
May 20 Gen. Sam Jones surrendered
at Jacksonville, Fla. all the troops un-I
der his command to Brighten. Israel
Vogdes.
May 90 the Presidents Proclamation
raised the blockade except as to the
ports Of Galveston, La Sale, Brazos de
Santiago and Brownsville, in the State
of Texas.
MAY IS Gen. f. Kirby Smith surren-
dered all the Confederate forces in the
Trans Mississippi Department. embrac-
ing Louisiana. Texas, Indian Territory
and Arkansas. to Gen. +. Il. S. Candy.
The terms Of the surrender were signed
lat New Orleans, La.
May 90 the Armies of the East and
West we're disbanded and returned
home. after great review at washing
ton. II. G.
MAY % the President issued the par
don and amnesty proclamation. Among
the exceptions were those who held civil
or diplomatic Office under the rebel Gov
s7rnment; who left the Army or Navy
of the United States to evaGe duty IN
resisting the rebellion; who left judicial
who left seats in Congress to aid the
rebellion; all military or naval officers
who were educated by the United States
Government etc. and provided that
special application might be made to
the President for pardon by any person
belonging to the excepted classes, and
such clemency will be as literally ex-
tended as may be consistent with the
facts Of the case and the dignity of the
United States.
May % the Secretary of War directed
Gen. Meade, commanding Army of the
Potomac: Gen. J. G. Parke. command
ing Ninth Corps, and the Commanding
Generals of the Army of Georgia and
Tennessee, to Immediately muster out
and discharge all the volunteer artil-
1Cry" of their commands.
June an order was issued for the
release Of all prisoners of war in the
depois Of the North.
June 13 the President proclaimed the
jnsurrection ended in the State of Ten
nessee, and removed the restrictions to
trade east of the Mississippi, except as
20 contrabands of war.
june Il the Secretary of State an
nounced 10 the Secretary of the Navy
that the French Government had with
drawn belligerent rights and restric-
tinns previously accorded the Confeder-
ate States.
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