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John C. Fremont
| January 21, 1813 | John C. Frémont born, Savannah, GA | |
| June 17, 1856 June 19, 1856 |
Republican Convention nominates John C. Fremont for President. | |
| Election of 1856 | ||
| November 4, 1856 | Democrats James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge defeat Republicans John C. Fremont and William Dayton and American (Know-Nothing) Party candidates Millard Fillmore and Andrew Donelson | |
| Election of 1856 | ||
| James Buchanan | ||
| Millard Fillmore | ||
| John Breckinridge | ||
| August 30, 1861 | John C. Fremont declares martial law in Missouri and frees slaves of Missouri Confederates. | Missouri |
| The Emancipation of Slaves | ||
| September 11, 1861 | President Lincoln orders John C. Fremont to rescind his order freeing some slaves in Missouri and issue a new order conforming to the Confiscation Act passed by Congress | Missouri |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| The Emancipation of Slaves | ||
| Committee on the Conduct of the War | ||
| November 2, 1861 | President Lincoln relieves John C. Frémont from duty. | Missouri |
| 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 | ||
| June 8, 1862 | Battle of Cross Keys
Battle of Union Church While Robert Ewell [CS] defeated John Fremont [US], Stonewall Jackson guarded Ewell's rear against an attack by James Shields [US]. |
Virginia |
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| May 31, 1864 | A small convention in Cleveland of Republican abolitionists unhappy with Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and other things, nominates John C. Fremont for president. | Ohio |
| Election of 1864 | ||
| September 17, 1864 | John C. Fremont withdraws from the race for President |
John C. Fremont
John C. Frémont
Sometimes using Kit Carson as his guide, John Fremont christened the "Golden Gate," (San Francisco Bay), discovered Lake Tahoe while searching for the mythical Buenaventura River, created some of the earliest known maps of the Oregon Trail, and explored much of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. For this the American people nicknamed him "Pathfinder," after a character in James Fenimore Cooper novels.
After running as the Republican candidate for President in the Election of 1856, Fremont became a controversial Union general who superseded his authority as military governor and had only moderate success in the battlefield.
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John C. Frémont
Sometimes using Kit Carson as his guide, John Fremont christened the "Golden Gate," (San Francisco Bay), discovered Lake Tahoe while searching for the mythical Buenaventura River, created some of the earliest known maps of the Oregon Trail, and explored much of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. For this the American people nicknamed him "Pathfinder," after a character in James Fenimore Cooper novels.
After running as the Republican candidate for President in the Election of 1856, Fremont became a controversial Union general who superseded his authority as military governor and had only moderate success in the battlefield.
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John C. Fremont was last changed on - June 7, 2007
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