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Civil War Timeline Chronology for June 1
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June 1 , 1806
John Buchanan Floyd born, Blacksburg, Virginia
John Floyd
June 1 , 1812
James Madison requests a declaration of War against Britain from the U. S. Congress. They begin meeting in private session.
War of 1812
June 1 , 1821
In the wake of the Missouri Compromise, Quaker Benjamin Lundy prepares to roll the press on a weekly publication, Genius of Universal Emancipation. It has a pro-abolition stance.
Benjamin Lundy
abolition
June 1 , 1825
John Hunt Morgan born, Huntsville, Alabama
Alabama
John Hunt Morgan
June 1 , 1830
Georgia declares that laws of the Cherokee Nation are null and void, violating the Treaty Clause of the Constitution.
Georgia
June 1 , 1852
Democratic Convention begins in Baltimore, Maryland. Four candidates, Lewis Cass, Stephen Douglas, William Marcy and James Buchanan struggle for philosophical control of the Democrat Party. On the 35th ballot the name of Franklin Pierce is added by the state of Virginia
Stephen A. Douglas
James Buchanan
Election of 1852
Franklin Pierce
Democratic Party
June 1 , 1862
Jefferson Davis replaces wounded Army of Northern Virginia commander Joseph E. Johnston with Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Joseph E. Johnston
Jefferson Davis
Army of Northern Virginia
June 1 , 1862
Robert E. Lee issue the first orders bearing the name Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Army of Northern Virginia
June 1 , 1863
Ambrose Burnside orders the Chicago Times to close because of the paper's anti-Lincoln rhetoric.
Illinois
Ambrose Burnside
June 1 , 1864
Skirmish at Allatoona Pass
Georgia
Western and Atlantic Railroad
June 1 , 1864
Don Carlos Buell resigns his commission.
Don Carlos Buell
June 1 , 1868
James Buchanan dies, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
James Buchanan
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