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Civil War Timeline Chronology for June 5
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June 5 , 1851
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin appears as a 40 week serial in the Washington National Era. Stowe received $300.00 for the original work. Full text
June 5 , 1862
Abraham Lincoln is authorized by Congress to establish diplomatic relationships with the "Negro nations" of Haiti and Liberia
Ongoing on this day:
April 12 , 1861 May 10 , 1865
The American Civil War
The Civil War
May 26 , 1863 July 4 , 1863
Siege of Vicksburg
Date of the start of siege varies from May 18 - May 26.
Mississippi
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
John A. McClernand
James McPherson
May 27 , 1863 July 9 , 1863
Siege of Port Hudson
After attempting to storm the walls of Port Hudson, Nathaniel Banks digs in for a siege.
Louisiana
Nathaniel Banks
June 3 , 1850 June 12 , 1850
Nashville Convention - 9 slave states hold a convention to determine their best course of action if the Compromise of 1850 passes.
Louisiana Arkansas North Carolina Florida Texas South Carolina Mississippi Georgia Alabama
Compromise of 1850
Nashville Convention of 1850 [Resolutions]
Nashville Convention of 1850
Robert Barnwell Rhett
June 2 , 1856 June 6 , 1856
Democratic Convention - After 14 ballots, sitting President Franklin Pierce withdraws his name from nomination. Stephen Douglas withdraws at the end of the 16th ballot. James Buchanan is nominated by acclamation
Maryland
Stephen A. Douglas
Election of 1856
James Buchanan
Franklin Pierce
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