¥Swamp Lilly¥ APRIL 1861 - Apr 11 Confederates demand surrender of Fort Sumter 12 Confederates in Charleston bombard Ft. Sumter 13 Fort Sumter, South Carolina surrenders 17 Virginia secedes from the Union 19 Lincoln declares blockade of ports from SC to TX Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) taken Pratt Street Riots in Baltimore, Maryland 20 Federals evacuate Norfolk, Virginia and Gosport Navy Yard 21 Slave ship Nightingale captured by USS Saratoga 22 Robert E. Lee becomes commander of Virginia forces 23 Affair at San Antonio, Texas 30 New York Yacht Club offers their vessels to the Federal government 1862 - Apr 4 Federal ironclad gunboat runs the batteries at Island No. 10 on the Mississippi River 5 Siege of Yorktown, Virginia begins 6 Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing), Tennessee begins 10 Lincoln approves resolution calling for gradual emancipation of slaves 11 Surrender of Fort Pulaski, Georgia 16 Slavery abolished in the District of Columbia 18 Bombardment begins at Ft. Jackson and Ft. St. Philip, 70 miles below New Orleans, LA 24 Federal fleet passes forts below New Orleans, Louisiana 25 Bombardment and surrender of Fort Macon, North Carolina 29 Union army group advances on Corinth, Mississippi 1863 - Apr 7 Naval attack on Charleston, South Carolina 11 Siege of Suffolk, Virginia by Confederates begins 17 Union Colonel Griersons Raid from La Grange, Tennessee to Baton Rouge, LA begins 21 Generals Jones and Imboden begin Confederate raid on the B&O Railroad, VA (now WV) 24 Confederate government passes a tax in-kind on one-tenth of all produce 1864 - Apr 8 Battle of Mansfield (Sabine Crossroads), Louisiana (Red River Expedition) 9 Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana (Red River Expedition) 12 Capture of Fort Pillow, Tennessee by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest 20 Plymouth, North Carolina captured 22 The motto In God We Trust first stamped on U.S. coins 23 Engagement of Cane River Crossing, Louisiana (Red River Expedition) 25 Action at Marks Mills, Arkansas on Steeles Camden Expedition 26 Union fleet trapped by low water on the Red River near Alexandria, Louisiana 30 Engagement at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas on Steeles Camden Expedition 1865 - Apr 1 Battle of Five Forks, Virginia 2 Confederate lines at Petersburg breached and Fort Gregg stormed Confederate Government evacuates Richmond, Virginia Selma, Alabama assailed and captured 3 Richmond and Petersburg occupied by Federals 4 Lincoln visits Richmond, Virginia 6 Battle of Saylers Creek (Sailors Creek), Virginia 7 Engagement at Cumberland Church, Virginia Engagement at High Bridge, Virginia 8 Siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama concludes 9 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House 12 Mobile, Alabama surrenders 13 Skirmish at Raleigh, North Carolina 14 Abraham Lincoln is shot at Fords Theatre United States flag raised over Fort Sumter, South Carolina 15 Abraham Lincoln dies- Andrew Johnson sworn in as President of the United States 16 Capture of Columbus and West Point, Georgia 18 Sherman and J. Johnston sign armistice at Durham Station, NC 26 John Wilkes Booth captured and killed in the Garrett Barn, Port Royal, Virginia Gen. Joseph Johnston surrenders to Gen. William T. Sherman at Durham Station, NC 27 Explosion of the riverboat Sultana 28 Skirmishes at Princeton, Arkansas on Steeles Camden Expedition
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