Death of President Harrison (April 4), 1841. [*“ Uncle Tom's Cabin " published, 1852. *Ashburton Treaty, 1842. The "Dorr Rebellion "in Rhode Island, 1842. Anti-rent troubles in New York State, 1842. Dr. Whitman leaves Oregon for Washington (October 3) (returns, 1843), 1842. *Morse completes the first line of electric telegraph and sends the first message (May 24), 1844. *The President signs the bill for the annexa tion of Texas (March 1), 1845. ether, 1845. PIERCE'S ADMINISTRATION (one term, 1853-1857). *Purchase of Arizona and New Mexico, 1853. Opening of the World's Fair at New York, 1853. Perry's treaty with Japan, 1854. *Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 1854. Assault on Senator Sumner, 1856. *Morton's discovery of the anesthetic uses of *Rise of the Republican party, 1856. BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION (one term, 1857-1861). *Business panic, 1857. POLK'S ADMINISTRATION term, 1845-1849). (one *Texas admitted to the Union (December 20), *The Dred Scott decision, 1857. Great increase in emigration to the United *Treaty settling the Oregon boundary, 1846. Protective duties taken off. Revenue Tariff (The battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Treaty of peace with Mexico (February 2), *Discovery of gold in California, spring of 1848. The Mormons emigrate to Utah, 1848. Great movement of emigrants and gold-dig- TAYLOR AND FILLMORE'S AD- 1853). Death of President Taylor (July 9), 1850. The Maine prohibition law passed, 1851. *Discovery of silver in Nevada and Colorado, and of petroleum in Pennsylvania, 18581859. *John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry (Octo- *Election of Abraham Lincoln, 1860. Steamer Star of the West fired on by the Jefferson Davis elected President of the Confederacy (February 18), 1861. VI. THE CIVIL WAR. (1861-1865.) LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION (one term and part of second, 1861 to April 14, 1865). *Bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter (April 13), 1861. *President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers (April 15), 1861. Seizure of arms at Harper's Ferry by Confederates (April 18), 1861. Bloodshed at Baltimore (April 19), 1861. Seizure of Norfolk Navy Yard by Confederates (April 20), 1861. *Secession of Eastern Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina, making the whole number of States in the Confederacy eleven (May-June), 1861. General Butler declares fugitive slaves contraband of war, 1861. Union victory of Rich Mountain, West Virginia (July 21), 1861. *Confederate victory of Bull Run (July 21), 1861. PRINCIPAL DATES IN AMERICAN HISTORY. Confederate victory of Wilson's Creek, Mis souri (August 10), 1861. Union capture of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina (August 29), 1861. Union capture of Port Royal, South Carolina (November 7), 1861. xxix Union victory of Arkansas Post (January 11), 1863. *Act establishing National Banks (February 23), 1863. Confer ate victory of Chancellorsville, Virginia (May 2-3), 1863. Union capture of Mason and Slidell (Trent *Union victory of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania affair) (November 8), 1861. (July 1-3), 1863. Union victory of Mill Spring, Kentucky *Grant takes Vicksburg (July 4), 1863. Union victory at Helena, Arkansas (July 4), 1863. (January 19), 1862. Union victory at Fort Henry, Tennessee (February 6), 1862. Union capture of Roanoke Island, North Carolina (February 8), 1862. *Grant takes Fort Donelson, Tennessee (February 16), 1862. Union victory at Pea Ridge, Arkansas (March 5-8), 1862. *The Monitor drives back the Merrimac (March 9), 1862. *Grant's victory at Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh, Tennessee (April 6-7), 1862. *Union capture of Island No. Ten, Mississippi River (April 8), 1862. *Union capture of Port Hudson on the Mississippi (July 9), 1863. Draft riots in New York City (July 13-16), 1863. Morgan's raid into Ohio (July), 1863. Confederate victory of Chickamauga, Georgia (September 19-20), 1863. Confederates besiege Chattanooga, Tennessee (October-November), 1863. Confederates besiege Knoxville, Tennessee (November 18-29), 1863. Union victory at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee (November 24-25), 1863. Union capture of Fort Pulaski, Georgia Sherman destroys Meridian, Mississippi (April 11), 1862. *Farragut takes New Orleans (April 25), 1862. †Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia (May 5), 1862. (February 3 to March 5), and the railroads centering there, 1864. Grant made lieutenant-general (March 3), 1864. Union capture of Corinth, Mississippi (May Confederate capture of Fort Pillow, Tennes30), 1862. see (April 12), 1864. Union victory of Fair Oaks, Virginia (May †Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia (May 5–7), 31), 1862. 1864. ginia (May 8-18), 1864. "Stonewall" Jackson drives Banks out of †Battle at Spottsylvania Court-House, Virthe Shenandoah Valley (June), 1862. †The "Seven Days' Battles around Richmond (June 25 to July 1), 1862. Pope's campaign in Virginia (Confederates victorious) (August), 1862. Second battle of Bull Run (Confederate victory) (August 30), 1862. Union victory at Resaca, Georgia (May 1415), 1864. Union victory at Dallas, Georgia (May 2528), 1864. Confederate victory at Cold Harbor, Virginia (June 3), 1864. "Stonewall" Jackson takes Harper's Ferry Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, begun (June), (September 15), 1862. 1864. *Union victory at Antietam (September 17), The Kearsarge sinks the Alabama (June 1862. Bragg invades Kentucky (September), 1862. †Battle of Perryville, Kentucky (October 8), 1862. *Confederate victory at Fredericksburg, Virginia (December 13), 1862. Union victory of Murfreesboro', Tennessee (December 31 to January 2), 1862. *Lincoln's Proclamation of Emancipation (January 1), 1863. 19), 1864. Union victory at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia (June 27), 1864. Union victories at Atlanta, Georgia (July 20-28), 1864. Early's raid on Washington (July), 1864. Early burns Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (July 30), 1864. Confederate success at the Petersburg mine, Virginia (July 30), 1864. † Battles so marked were indecisive, ber 2), 1864. *Farragut enters Mobile Bay (August 5), The President's proclamation of pardon 1864. (limited) (May 29), 1865. *Sherman takes Atlanta, Georgia (Septem- Reorganization of Southern States, 1865. *The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution accepted by the states, 1865. *Payment of the National Debt begun, 1865. Tennessee re-admitted to the Union, 1866. Reconstruction acts passed over the President's veto, 1867. *Union victory at Winchester, Virginia *Union victory at Cedar Creek, Virginia Tenure of Office Act, 1867 (repealed, 1887). *Purchase of Alaska, 1867. Impeachment of the President, 1868. Sherman takes Fort McAllister, Georgia *Six states re-admitted to the Union, 1868. (December 13), 1864. *Thomas gains decisive Union victory at Nashville, Tennessee (December 15-16), 1864. *Sherman takes Savannah, Georgia (December 21), 1864. Union capture of Fort Fisher, North Caro- Sherman marches northward (February to Union capture of Columbia, South Carolina Union capture of Charleston, South Carolina (February 18), 1865. Union capture of Wilmington, North Carolina (February 21), 1865. *The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitu- *Completion of the Pacific Railroad (May 10), *Organization of the " Knights of Labor," 1869. *Completion of the reconstruction of Southern States (all re-admitted to the Union), 1870. *Weather Bureau established, 1870. *The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution accepted by the states, 1870. Tweed Ring in New York, 1871. Ku-Klux Klans, 1871. Union victory at Averysboro', North Caro- *Great fire at Chicago and Western forest Union victory at Bentonville, North Caro- *Treaty of Washington, 1871. lina (March 19), 1865. *Great fire at Boston, 1872. Sheridan's raid on Lynchburg, Virginia Settlement of the Alabama claims, 1872. (March), 1865. Modoc War, 1872. Union victory at Five Forks, Virginia *Business panic, 1873. (April 1), 1865. Whiskey Ring, 1875. Union capture of Petersburg, Virginia *Centennial celebration and exhibition (electric (April 2), 1865. light and Bell telephone exhibited), 1876. *Grant takes Richmond, Virginia (April 3), Sioux War-death of General Custer, 1876. 1865. *Lee surrenders to Grant (April 9), 1865. *Assassination of Lincoln (April 14), 1865. JOHNSON'S ADMINISTRATION *Electoral Commission, 1877. HAYES'S ADMINISTRATION (one The President withdraws all troops from the *Great railroad strikes, 1877. *The telephone begins to come into general use, 1877. Yellow fever at the South, 1878. Silver dollars restored (remonetization of silver), 1878. *Resumption of specie payment (January 1), (April 15, 1865, to 1869). *Eads's improvement of the navigation of the Electric lights begin to come into general Opening of the Oklahoma lands to settlers use, 1883. (April 22), 1889. Completion of the East River Suspension Centennial celebration of the inauguration of Washington (April 29 to May 1), 1889. The Johnstown disaster (May 31), 1889. Electricity begins to be extensively used for driving light machinery and propelling street cars, 1889. A number of new steel war-ships added to the Navy, 1889. Congress of the Three Americas (Pan-American Congress) (October 2), 1889-1890. The "Squadron of Evolution" sails from Boston for Lisbon (December 7), 1889. The taking of the eleventh or centennial census begins (June 2), 1890. A SHORT LIST OF BOOKS ON AMERICAN HISTORY. GENERAL HISTORIES. *Winsor's Narrative and Critical History, 8 vols. (to 1887, but not including the period of the Civil War). Brooks's The Story of the States (a series of volumes now in course of publication). Scudder's American Commonwealths (a series of volumes giving the histories of the states, by eminent writers). *Bancroft's United States, 6 vols. (revised Sparks's American Biography, 25 vols. edition) (to 1789). *Hildreth's United States, 6 vols. (to 1821). *Bryant and Gay's United States, 4 vols. (to 1865). *Johnston's United States (reprinted from the Encyclopædia Britannica) (1607 to 1889). *Gilman's American People (to 1881). *Higginson's Larger History of the United States (to 1837). Schouler's United States, 4 vols. (1783-1847). Works of Reference. Lalor's Cyclopædia of United States History, 3 vols. Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia. Spofford's American Almanac. Von Holst's Constitutional History of the Scribner's Statistical Atlas of the United States. Lossing's Cyclopædia of United States History. Labberton's Historical Atlas. Poole's Index to Reviews. Bryce's The American Commonwealth, 2 vols. Morse's American Statesmen (a series of volumes by able writers). Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, 6 vols. Warner's American Men of Letters (a com panion series of vols. to the American Statesmen series). Harper's The First Century of the Republic (1776-1876). The North American Review for January, 1876 (covering the general progress of the country from 1776 to 1876 in a series of articles on Religion, Politics, Science, Political Economy, Law, and Education). The Statesman's Year Book. The Magazine of American History. The Magazine of Western History. Adams's Manual of Historical Literature (revised edition). (This valuable manual contains full references to all works on American History.) MacCoun's Historical Geography of the §Major's Select Letters of Columbus (HakUnited States. Curtis's Constitutional History of the United Higginson's American Explorers. States, 2 vols. (to 1865). Wilson's The State. luyt Soc. Pub.). Vogel's Century of Discovery. Markham's The Sea Fathers. Macy's Civil Government of the United §Hakluyt's Divers Voyages touching the DisStates. Putnam's Great Cities of the Republic (a series of vols.). covery of America. Bourne's Voyages (The Cabots). Nicholl's Sebastian Cabot. * Books so marked begin with the earliest period of American History. |
