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 Pennsylvania James Buchanan Battle of Gettysburg George Meade September 11, 1786 September 14, 1786 The Annapolis Convention (in Maryland) backs calling a Constitutional Convention to begin in May, 1787 in Philadelphia Maryland Virginia New Jersey Delaware New York Pennsylvania April 23, 1791 James Buchanan born, Cove Gap near Mercersburg, Pennslyvania Pennsylvania   James Buchanan March 4, 1824 In Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Convention nominates Andy Jackson for President, and Calhoun for Vice-president. Calhoun subsequently withdraws from the race for President to run for Vice-President Pennsylvania   Election of 1824   John C. Calhoun   Andrew Jackson   Andrew Jackson December 3, 1826 George McClellan born, Philadelphia Pennsylvania   George McClellan December 4, 1839 December 6, 1839 Whigs hold their national convention in Harrisburg and nominate William Henry Harrison of Ohio for President with 148 votes. Henry Clay received 90 and Winfield Scott had 16. John Tyler was unanimously selected as Harrison's Vice-President Pennsylvania   Henry Clay   Winfield Scott   John Tyler August 8, 1846 U. S. President James Polk requests 2 million dollars to purchase land from Mexico following the Mexican-American War. David Wilmot of Pennsylvania attaches the "Wilmot Proviso" to this bill. It passes in the House but is tabled in the Senate. Pennsylvania   Wilmot Proviso   Wilmot Proviso [full text]   Causes of the Civil War   James Polk   John A. McClernand   Stephen A. Douglas June 7, 1848 June 9, 1848 Whigs meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nominees included Zachary Taylor, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and Winfield Scott. Taylor wins the nomination on the fourth ballot Pennsylvania   Daniel Webster   Henry Clay   Winfield Scott   Zachary Taylor   Election of 1848 August 11, 1852 Free-Soil Party convention is held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania   Free-Soil Party   Election of 1852 February 22, 1856 The first "national" meeting of the Republican Party is held in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania   Election of 1856   Civil War Firsts February 22, 1856 The American National Convention in Philadelphia nominates Millard Fillmore for President Pennsylvania   Millard Fillmore   Election of 1856 August 20, 1859 John Brown meets with Frederick Douglass at Chambersburg Pennsylvania   Frederick Douglass   John Brown November 13, 1861 Rev. M. R. Watkinson from Ridleyville writes Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase asking the motto "God, Liberty, Law" be added to all currency to "...place us openly under the Divine protection we have personally claimed" Pennsylvania   In God We Trust September 24, 1862 14 governors declare their support for the President and emancipation from a conference in Altoona, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania October 9, 1862 October 12, 1862 J. E. B. Stuart "rides around McClellan's Army" for a second time Maryland Pennsylvania   J. E. B. Stuart April 14, 1863 Continuous roll printing press is developed by William Bullock in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania June 26, 1863 General Jubal Early [CS] passes through Gettysburg on his way to York. Pennsylvania   Battle of Gettysburg July 1, 1863 July 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg General Robert E. Lee [CS] advances into Pennsylvania where he meets George Meade [US]. First battling north of the city, by the second day Union forces had retreated south, forming a strong line as men arrived almost continuously. On the third day, the infamous Pickett's Charge marked the end of the Confederates hope for a victory The bloodiest three days in American history Pennsylvania   Bloodiest Civil War battles   Robert E. Lee   John Bell Hood   James Longstreet   George Meade   Army of Northern Virginia   Army of the Potomac   J. E. B. Stuart   Lafayette McLaws   Winfield Scott Hancock   George Armstrong Custer   Battle of Gettysburg   Richard Ewell   George Pickett   John Reynolds November 2, 1863 President Lincoln is invited to make a few remarks at the dedication of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg Pennsylvania   Abraham Lincoln November 18, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln, William Seward and Frank Blair, along with diplomats, foreign visitors, a military guard and a Marine band leave Washington D. C. on a "special" 4-car train organized by the B&O Railroad Pennsylvania   Abraham Lincoln   William Seward November 19, 1863 At the dedication of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg President Lincoln delivers a two-minute speech. Immediately following the speech he calls it a "flat failure." The speech is known today as the Gettysburg Address Pennsylvania   Gettysburg Address [Full Text]   Abraham Lincoln   Civil War National Cemeteries January 12, 1867 Pennsylvania ratifies the 14th Amendment Pennsylvania   14th Amendment May 10, 1876 Centenial exhibit opens with remarks by President Ulysses S. Grant in Philadelphia Pennsylvania   Ulysses S. Grant
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