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	Civil War Timeline / Chronology for 1848 <<Previous year    Next year>> Civil War Navidater Century 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 January 24, 1848 Discovery of gold at Sutters Mill in California California   Compromise of 1850 February 2, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed, ending the Mexican-American War   Mexican American War May 22, 1848 May 25, 1848 In a convention in Baltimore, Maryland, Democrats nominate Lewis Cass for President and William Butler for Vice President Maryland   Election of 1848 May 29, 1848 Wisconsin enters the United States a free state and evens the slave-free balance in the Senate at 15-15 Wisconsin 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 June 21, 1848 The Ohio Mass Free Territory Convention dissolves the Liberty Party and agrees to join a Freesoil Convention in Buffalo. Ohio   Election of 1848 June 22, 1848 The "Independent Democratic Convention" is held in Utica, New York, and consists mostly of Barnburners. They nominate Martin Van Buren as candidate for President New York   Election of 1848 August 9, 1848 August 10, 1848 The Free-Soil party is formed by dissatisfied Democrats and former Liberty Party members at a convention in Buffalo, N. Y. with delegates from all free states and Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. They nominate Martin Van Buren for President and Charles Francis Adams for Vice-President.   Free-Soil Party   Charles Sumner   Election of 1848   Martin Van Buren   Salmon P. Chase November 7, 1848 Zachary Taylor (Whig) defeats Lewis Cass (Democrat) and Martin Van Buren (Freesoil) in the Presidential Election of 1848   Zachary Taylor   Martin Van Buren   Election of 1848 December 11, 1848 Stephen Douglas introduces a bill in the Senate calling for the formation of the Mexican cessions into a single state.   Stephen A. Douglas December 13, 1848 A bill introduced in the House calls for the admission of California and New Mexico as free states. California 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.   Washington D. C. Civil War Navidater Century 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 The best search in Civil War History
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