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| March 6, 1857 | Supreme Court hands down the ruling in the Dred Scott case. | |
| Roger B. Taney | ||
| Causes of the Civil War | ||
| Dred Scott decision | ||
| March 6, 1862 March 8, 1862 |
Battle of Pea Ridge [US]
Battle of Elkhorn Tavern [CS] |
Arkansas |
| Earl Van Dorn | ||
| Sterling Price | ||
| March 6, 1862 | Abraham Lincoln proposes that slaves in the border states be emancipated gradually, with compensation to the owners | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| March 6, 1862 | The Monitor, the first Union ironclad, departs from New York | |
| March 6, 1862 | Barnwell Rhett proposes a yellow sun in a blue shield with a ray for each state. It would eliminate the stars and the red, white, and blue combinations of the Yankee flag | South Carolina |
| Robert Barnwell Rhett | ||
| Flags of the Civil War | ||
| March 6, 1867 | General Philip Sheridan assumes command of the 5th Military district encompassing Louisiana and Texas. He designates New Orleans as his headquarters. |
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. |
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