Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Civil War Timeline Chronology for March 11 Yesterday    Tomorrow January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   March 11, 1846 U. S. troops move into disputed land between Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers Texas   Mexican American War March 11, 1861 Braxton Bragg assumes command of Florida forces Florida   Braxton Bragg March 11, 1861 Confederate Congress at Montgomery adopts the Constitution unnanimously. March 11, 1862 President Lincoln relieves George McClellan as General-in-Chief of the U. S. Army. He continues as commander of the Army of the Potomac   General-in-Chief, U. S. Army   George McClellan   Abraham Lincoln   Army of the Potomac March 11, 1862 President Lincoln puts Henry Halleck in charge of all forces in the West. Lincoln also creates the Mountain Department, covering West Virginia and the mountainous area of Virginia. John Fremont is put in command.   Henry Halleck   John C. Fremont March 11, 1862 For their disasterous performance at Fort Donelson, President Jefferson Davis relieves John Floyd and Gideon Pillow from command.   John Floyd   Gideon Pillow   Jefferson Davis March 11, 1863 Ulysses S. Grant renewed his efforts to reach Vicksburg when he tried to push gunboats past Fort Pemberton, near Greenwood. General W. W. Loring ("Old Blizzards") had built and manned the fort to prevent attacks of this nature. Mississippi   Second Vicksburg Campaign   Ulysses S. Grant March 11, 1865 Sherman captures Fayetteville North Carolina   William Tecumseh Sherman March 11, 1868 Louisiana adopts a new state constitution outlawing segregation and incorporating the language of the 13th and 14th amendments. March 11, 1868 4th Reconstruction Act passed by Congress. This changed the defination of majority from majority of all voters to majority of voters casting ballots in the election to approve or reject a state constitution. The bill also tried to counter the intimidation of the Ku Klux Klan. March 11, 1874 Charles Sumner dies, Washington, D. C. Ongoing on this day: June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 Siege of Petersburg Virginia   Robert E. Lee   P. G. T. Beauregard   Army of Northern Virginia   Ulysses S. Grant   Siege of Petersburg April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 The American Civil War   The Civil War 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 March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   Yesterday     Tomorrow The best search in Civil War History
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