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Washington D. C.
Civil War Encyclopedia >> Cities - North
| May 22, 1812 | HMS Hornet arrives in Washington D. C. with a "last formal notice" from the English government. | |
| May 24, 1844 | Samuel F. B. Morse taps the message "What hath God wrought?" into his telegraph, sending it from Washington to Baltimore over wires. | |
| Telegraph | ||
| January 7, 1847 | James Birney lets The Philanthropist move to |
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| James Birney | ||
| December 21, 1848 | Representative Daniel Gott, a New York Whig, offers a resolution condemning the slave trade in Washington D. C. The resolution passes 98-88. | |
| February 22, 1861 February 23, 1861 |
Under the watchful eyes of Allan Pinkerton, Abraham Lincoln travels in secrecy to Washington, D. C. Pinkerton had been worried about the trip through Baltimore, Maryland, a Southern-leaning city | Maryland |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| April 18, 1861 | Troops begin to arrive in Washington, D. C. | |
| April 19, 1861 | Southern sympathizers in Baltimore cut telegraph lines and bridges to Washington, D. C. While passing through the city, the 6th Massachusetts Regiment is attacked. They open fire on a crowd. When the dust settles, three soldiers and one civilian were dead, the first casualties during fighting in the Civil War. | Maryland |
| Civil War Firsts | ||
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | ||
| April 25, 1861 | New York's 7th Regiment arrives in Washington, having built a railroad around Baltimore to bypass the city. | |
| May 3, 1861 | General Winfield Scott orders troops to seize Arlington Heights, overlooking Washington D. C. | Virginia |
| Winfield Scott | ||
| July 22, 1861 | George B. McClellan [US] ordered to Washington to take command of the Army of the Potomac following the defeat at Bull Run | |
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| Army of the Ohio | ||
| April 16, 1862 | President Lincoln signs legislation freeing the estimated 3,500 slaves in Washington, D. C. | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| September 9, 1862 | Samuel P. Heintzelman is put in command of defenses south of Washington, D. C. | |
| Samuel Heintzelman | ||
| October 26, 1862 | Major General Samuel Heintzelman [US] is put in command of Union forces protecting Washington D. C., replacing Nathaniel Banks | |
| Samuel Heintzelman | ||
| Nathaniel Banks | ||
| March 3, 1863 | National Academy of Science chartered, Washington, D. C. | |
| July 6, 1864 | Federal commanders in Washington D. C. begin recalling troops to defend the city from Jubal Early | |
| Jubal Early's Raid on Washington D. C. | ||
| July 11, 1864 | Jubal Early reaches Washington D. C. suburbs. In the past few days, however, more than 20,000 Union soldiers from various commands have arrived to defend the city. Commanding the Union forces are Generals Quincy Gillmore and Horatio Wright. | |
| Jubal Anderson Early | ||
| Jubal Early's Raid on Washington D. C. | ||
| July 12, 1864 | Jubal Early withdraws from Washington D. C. | |
| Jubal Early's Raid on Washington D. C. | ||
| April 14, 1865 | United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated on Good Friday by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C. | |
| Ford's Theater | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| April 19, 1865 | The nation mourns U. S. President Abraham Lincoln at his funeral in Washington, D. C. | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| July 7, 1865 | Conspirators Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, David Herold and Mary Surratt are hung in Washington, D. C. for the assassination of President Lincoln | |
| February 12, 1866 | The first formal observation of President Lincoln's birthday is held in Washington, D. C. President Andrew Johnson attends | |
| January 8, 1867 | Blacks in Washington D. C. gain the right to vote in a bill passed over President Andrew Johnson's veto |
Washington D. C.
Present day Washington, District of Columbia is really the dream of two distinct eras, it's original design by Pierre L'Enfant in the 1790's and a major redesign by a group of distinguished men, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Charles F.McKim, and Augustus St. Gaudens in the early 1900's. L'Enfant, who had served under George Washington during the American Revolution, had a unique opportunity of creating both a city and a capital where none existed. He combined a road grid system with radial avenues and using the natural lay of the land to create a masterpiece.
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Present day Washington, District of Columbia is really the dream of two distinct eras, it's original design by Pierre L'Enfant in the 1790's and a major redesign by a group of distinguished men, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Charles F.McKim, and Augustus St. Gaudens in the early 1900's. L'Enfant, who had served under George Washington during the American Revolution, had a unique opportunity of creating both a city and a capital where none existed. He combined a road grid system with radial avenues and using the natural lay of the land to create a masterpiece.
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Washington D. C. was last changed on - May 19, 2007
Washington D. C. was added on - May 19, 2007
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