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ADMIRAL FARRAGUT AT THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY, AUGUST 23, 1864.

1864, SEPTEMBER 22. — The battle at Fisher's Creek, Virginia, was fought.

The Federals under General Sheridan were successful.

1864, SEPTEMBER 28.- Fort Harrison, Virginia, was captured by the Federals.

1864, SEPTEMBER 30.-The battle at Peebles Farm, Virginia, was fought.

The Federals were repulsed.

1864, OCTOBER 2. A battle was fought at Holston River, Virginia.

The Confederates were commanded by General Breckenridge, and the Federals by General Burbridge.

1864, OCTOBER 6.- The battle of Allatoona Pass, Georgia, was fought.

General Sherman had made it a station for supplies. The Confederates under General Hood were repulsed.

1864, OCTOBER 7.- The Confederate steamer Florida was captured at Bahia, while under the protection of Brazil, by the Wachusett.

The Brazilian government remonstrated, and the Secretary of State apologized. On the 26th of December the Florida sank.

1864, OCTOBER 10.- Delegates from the British North American colonies met at Quebec to deliberate concerning the forma tion of a confederation.

The bases of the organization were decided upon on the 20th. The plan of government proposed a central legislative body, consisting of two houses. The ́first of these to be composed of officers selected by the government from the members of the existing upper houses in the provinces. The lower house to be elected by the people. The acceptance of the plan to be left to the decision of the existing provincial parliaments, and not to the people.

1864, OCTOBER 13.

The new constitution of Maryland was adopted at a popular election.

It prohibited slavery in the state, and declared all slaves free.

1864, OCTOBER 18. A raid was made on the town of St. Albans, Vermont, by a party of Confederates from Canada.

They stole horses, robbed the banks, and returned to Canada the next day. On the 21st, thirteen of them were arrested. On the 14th of December they were discharged by Judge Coursol, of Canada. The raid made much excitement. Volunteers were called out to defend the frontier, and Governor Dix, of New York, proclaimed reprisals. His proclamation was rescinded by President Lincoln.

1864, OCTOBER 19. The battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, was fought.

The Federals were defeated, when General Sheridan, riding up from Winchester, rallied them and gained a victory.

1864, OCTOBER 27.- The Federals were repulsed at Hatcher's Run, Virginia.

1864, OCTOBER 31.- Nevada was admitted into the Union.

1864, NOVEMBER 5.- General Butler was placed in command of the troops in New York, arriving and to arrive, to meet existing emergencies.

The presidential election was to take place on the 8th.

1864, NOVEMBER 8.- General McClellan resigned his commission in the army.

He had been the unsuccessful candidate in the presidential election.

1864, NOVEMBER 16.- General Sherman began his march to the sea.

Having destroyed Atlanta, and the railroad as far as Dalton, he set out eastward, threatening both Macon and Augusta, and marching down the peninsula between the Ogeechee and Savannah rivers.

1864, NOVEMBER 25. Several attempts were made to fire the city of New York.

The fires were kindled in the large hotels. The actual damage was but slight. A great excitement was caused by the belief that the attempts were made by the Confederates; and an order was issued that all persons residing in the city should register themselves or be treated as spies. It was found that the families of several distinguished Confederate leaders were residing in the city. On the 25th of March, 1865, Robert C. Kennedy was hanged as a spy. He confessed having set fire to several hotels.

1864, NOVEMBER 29. — The Cheyenne Indians, in camp at Fort Lyon, were massacred.

They had come to treat for peace, and were encamped with their women and children. Colonel Chivington, of Colorado, against the protest of Major Anthony, in command of the fort, ordered the attack.

1864, DECEMBER 13.- Fort McAllister was captured by the Federals.

Sherman had reached Savannah, which he invested, and by the capture of Fort McAllister opened communication with Commodore Dahlgren's fleet.

1864, DECEMBER 15.- The battle of Nashville, Tennessee, took place.

The Confederates under General Hood had invaded Tennessee, and were de feated by the Federals under General Thomas. The battle lasted two days, and the Confederates retreated to the south.

1864, DECEMBER 20. The President called for three hundred thousand volunteers, for one, two, or three years.

A draft was ordered on February 15, in case there was a deficiency.

1864, DECEMBER 21. The Federals occupied Savannah, Georgia.

The Confederates had vacated it the day before.

1864, DECEMBER 25.-The Federals were repulsed in an attack upon Fort Fisher, North Carolina.

General Butler was in command.

1864, DECEMBER 28. A meeting of the citizens of Savannah, Georgia, called by the mayor, adopted peace resolutions.

They agreed "to accept peace, submitting to the national authority under the Constitution, laying aside all differences, and burying bygones in the grave of the past."

1864, DECEMBER. -The President in his message referred to the abolition of slavery.

He stated that in Arkansas and Louisiana free constitutions had been accepted and loyal state governments organized; and that movements to the same end had been made in Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The message concluded: "While I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress. If the people should, by whatever acts or means, make it an executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another, and not I, must be their instrument to do it. In stating a single condition of peace, I mean simply to say that the war will cease on the part of the government whenever it shall have ceased on the part of those who began it."

1865, JANUARY 11.

The state convention of Missouri, in session at St. Louis, passed an ordinance for the abolition of slavery.

It was passed by a vote of sixty to four, as follows: "Be it ordained by the people of the state of Missouri in convention assembled, that hereafter in this state there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except in punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted."

1865, JANUARY 15.- Fort Fisher, North Carolina, was captured by the Federals.

General Terry was in command.

1865, JANUARY 18. General Sherman commenced his march through the Carolinas.

He left Savannah, Georgia, in command of General Foster.

1865, JANUARY 19. The last Canadian parliament met.

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1865, JANUARY 25.-The library of the Smithsonian Institute was burned.

1865, JANUARY 28.-Congress passed an act authorizing the further issue of treasury notes.

They were the same in character as those issued the year before, and were to be issued in lieu of the bonds authorized by the act of June 30, 1864, "provided

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