Civil War Timeline / Chronology for February 28

Civil War Timeline
Chronology for February 28
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February 28, 1818	New York passes a bill requiring state banks to pay debt in United States notes or specie (hard currency).	New York
	Panic of 1819
February 28, 1821	House passes the public land debt relief bill. Most of the opposition comes from the North, where few had engaged in the speculation that created the problem
February 28, 1825	Quincy Adams Gillmore born, Lorain County, Ohio.
	Quincy A. Gillmore
February 28, 1827	The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is chartered
	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
February 28, 1859	Arkansas passes legislation requiring free blacks to chose between exile or slavery	Arkansas
February 28, 1861	North Carolina voters reject the call for a secessionist convention by 651 votes.	North Carolina
February 28, 1862	Ford closes the theater for renovation
	Ford's Theater
February 28, 1862 April 8, 1862	The Battle of New Madrid / Island No. 10 After withdrawing from New Madrid Confederates control Island No. 10, blocking shipping on the Mississippi. Over 5,000 Confederate soldiers on the island surrender to Major General John Pope on April 8.
	John Pope
February 28, 1863	At Ft. McAllister, federal gunships including the ironclad U. S. S. Montauk moved up the Ogeechee River to destroy the Rattlesnake, a Confederate privateer also known as the Nashville before it was decommissioned	Georgia
	Fort McAllister
February 28, 1863	Work begins on rebuilding Ford's Theater after a fire
	Ford's Theater