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The Contest Is Not Over, The Strife Has Not Ended. It Has Only Entered Upon A New And Enlarged Arena

1 January: New Year's Day:

    1863 - lincoln signs emancipation proclamation;

8 January:

    1821 - Gen. James Longstreet, CS, Born;

9 January:

    1861 - Mississippi Secedes from uS Empire;

10 January:

    1861 - Florida Secedes from uS Empire;

11 January:

    1861 - Alabama Secedes from uS Empire;

18 January:

    1862 - Battle at Mill Springs

19 January:

    1807 - Gen. Robert E. Lee, CS, Born;

    1861 - Georgia Secedes from uS Empire;

21 January:

    1824 - Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, CS, Born;

26 January:

    1861 - Louisiana Secedes from uS Empire;

28 January:

    1825 - Gen. George Pickett, CS, Born;

1 February:

    1861 - Texas Secedes from uS Empire;

    1865 - sherman begins Carolina Campaign;

2 February:

    1803 - Gen. Albert S. Johnston, CS, Born;

3 February:

    1807 - Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CS, Born;

    1864 - Meridian Campaign begins;

    1865 - Peace talks begin;

6 February:

    1833 - Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, CS, Born;

8 February:

    1862 - Battle of Roanoke Island;

9 February: President's Day:

    1861 - Jefferson Davis, Elected President of Confederate States of America;

12 February:

    1809 - Tyrant, abraham lincoln, uS, born;

13 February:

    1862 - Battle of Fort Donelson;

17 February:

    1865 - Columbia surrenders;

7 March:

    1862 - Battle of Pea Ridge;

8 March:

    1862 - Battle of Pea Ridge;

9 March:

    1862 - Battle of USS Monitor and CSS Virginia;

12 March:

    1864 - Red River Campaign begins;

16 March:

    1861 - The Territory of Arizona Secedes;

    1828 - Gen. Patrick Cleburne, CS, Born;

17 March: St. Patrick's Day:

    1865 - Campaign to capture Mobile begins;

20 March: First Day of Spring:

22 March:

    1817 - Braxton Bragg, CS, Born;

28 March:

    1818 - Gen. Wade Hampton, CS, Born;

    1862 - Taylor marches to reinforce Jackson;

29 March:

    1865 - Appomattox Campaign begins;

6 April:

    1862 - Battle of Shiloh;

7 April:

    1862 - Battle of Shiloh;

9 April:

    1865 - Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House;

10 April:

    1806 - Gen. Leonidas Polk, CS, Born;

12 April:

    1861 - Confederates fire on Fort Sumter;

14 April:

    1865 - Tyrant abraham lincoln assassinated;

19 April:

    1862 - Battle of South Mills;

29 April:

    1862 - New Orleans Surrenders;

1 May:

    1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville;

2 May:

    1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville;

5 May:

    1864 - Battle of the Wilderness begins;

6 May:

    1861 - Arkansas Secedes;

    1861 -  President Jefferson Davis approves state of war between uS & CS;

8 May:

    1862 - Battle of McDowell, Virginia;

10 May: Confederate Memorial Day:

    1863 - Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, Killed in action;

12 May:

    1864 - Battle of "Bloody Angle" at Spotsylvania Court House;

15 May:

    1864 - Battle of New Market, Virginia;

16 May:

    1863 - Battle of Champion's Hill;

18 May:

    1863 - Siege of Vicksburg begins;

20 May:

    1861 - North Carolina, secedes  from uS Empire;

23 May:

    1861 - Virginia secedes from uS Empire;

28 May:

    1818 - Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard, CS, Born;

31 May:

    1862 - Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia;

 1 June:

    1862 - Gen. Robert E. Lee, Appointed Commander of Army in Virginia;

    1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor;

2 June:

    1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor;

3 June:

    1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor;

    1808 - President, Jefferson Davis, CS, Born;

5 June:

    1863 - Stuart hosts Grand Review of his Cavalry;

6 June:

    1862 - Memphis surrenders;

8 June:

    1861 - Tennessee Secedes from the uS Empire;

9 June:

    1863 - Battle of Brady Station;

12 June:

    1862 - Stuart begins ride around McClellan;

14 June: Flag Day:

15 June:

    1864 - Petersburg Campaign begins;

17 June:

    1861 - Thaddeus Lowe demonstrates hot air balloon;

21 June: First Day of Summer:

23 June:

    1865 - Last Formal Confederate Surrender;

25 June:

    1862 - Seven Day Campaign begins;

26 June:

    1864 - Stoneman begins Atlanta raid;

27 June:

    1864 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain;

30 June:

    1864 - Early marches toward Washington, DC;

1 July:

    1863 - Battle of Gettysburg;

2 July:

    1863 - Battle of Gettysburg;

3 July:

    1863 - Battle of Gettysburg;

4 July:

    1863 - Vicksburg surrenders;

9 July:

    1863 - Port Hudson surrenders;

13 July:

    1821 - Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, CS, Born;

21 July:

    1861 - First Battle of Bull Run;

29 July:

    1862 - "Alabama" sails out of England;

30 July:

    1864 - Battle of the Carter;

5 August:

    1864 - Battle of Mobile Bay;

9 August:

    1862 - Battle of Cedar Mountain;

10 August:

    1861 - Battle of Wilson's Creek;

17 August:

    1862 - Uprising of Sioux Indians;

21 August:

    1821 - Gen. William Barksdale, CS, Born;

28 August:

    1861 - Fort Hatteras Falls;

29 August:

    1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run;

30 August:

    1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run;

2 September:

    1864 - Atlanta surrenders;

5 September:

    1863 - Britain seizes Confederate Ships and shipyards;

10 September:

    1836 - Gen. Joseph Wheeler, CS, Born;

11 September:

    1861 - union victory at cheat mountain;

15 September:

    1862 - Jackson captures Harper's Ferry;

17 September:

    1862 - Battle of Antietam;

19 September:

    1863 - Battle of Chickamauga;

    1864 - Battle of Winchester;

23 September: First Day of Autumn:

24 September:

    1864 - Sheridan lays waste to the Shenandoah Valley;

19 October:

    1864 - Battle of Cedar Creek;

21 October:

    1861 - Battle of Ball's Bluff;

3 November:

    1813 - Gen. Jubal A. Early, CS, Born;

6 November:

    1861 - Jefferson Davis re-elected president of Confederacy;

7 November:

    1861 - union forces capture Port Royal;

8 November:

    1861 - Wilkes Kid-nap Confederate Commissioner;

9 November:

    1825 - Gen. Ambrose P. Hill, CS, Born;

15 November:

    1864 - sherman begins "march to the sea";

20 November:

    1861 - Kentucky secedes from the uS Empire;

23 November:

    1863 - Battle of Chattanooga;

24 November:

    1863 - Battle of Chattanooga;

25 November:

    1963 - Battle of Chattanooga;

28 November: Thanksgiving Day:

    1861 - Missouri Formally admitted to Confederacy;

30 November:

    1864 - Battle of Franklin;

6 December:

    1833 - Col. John S. Mosby, CS Born;

8 December:

    1863 - lincoln makes proclamation of amnesty & reconstruction;

13 December:

    1862 - Battle of Fredericksburg;

    1864 - Fort McAllister surrenders;

20 December:

    1860 - First Confederate State, South Carolina, Secedes from uS Empire;

22 December: First Day of Winter;

25 December: Christmas Day:

    1821 - Clara Barton, Born;

31 December: New Year's Eve;

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