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	The Civil War in Massachusetts 1855 Springfield Rifle Nathaniel Banks Joseph Hooker November 13, 1814 Joseph Hooker born, Hadley Massachusetts   Joseph Hooker September 15, 1838 Frederick Douglass marries a free black woman from Baltimore, Anna Murray. They move to New Bedford Massachusetts   Frederick Douglass May 12, 1850 Fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins arrives in Boston Massachusetts February 15, 1851 Shadrach Minkins is seized in Boston by slave hunters operating under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act Massachusetts February 18, 1851 At a hearing in Boston escaped slave Shadrach Minkins is taken from court by free blacks. He eventually showed up in Montreal, Canada, out of the reach of the slave hunters Massachusetts January 15, 1857 Massachusetts holds a state disunion convention called by Thomas Higginson, Frank Bird, and Thomas Earle claiming that "...the Union was a failure as being a hopeless attempt to unite under one government two antagonistic systems of society which diverge more widely every year." Massachusetts January 1, 1862 Minister to Great Britain John Slidell and Minister to France, James Mason are released from Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts and allowed to continue their journey, effectively ending the Trent Affair Massachusetts   Trent Affair October 13, 1865 Alexander Stephens is released from military prison in Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts   Alexander Stephens March 20, 1867 Massachusetts ratifies the 14th Amendment Massachusetts   14th Amendment
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