Video: 'Started by Abolitionists in 1865, The Nation Magazine Marks 150 Years of Publishing Rebel Voices'
(Thursday, July 6, 1865) — The weekly publication The Nation, the self-described “flagship of the left,” made its debut today.
Category Archives: 1860s
U.S. Secret Service founded to suppress counterfeit currency 160 years ago today (July 5 1865)
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(Wednesday, July 5, 1865) — With a reported one third of the currency in circulation being counterfeit at the time, the Secret Service Division of the U.S. Treasury Department was founded today in Washington D.C. with the mission of suppressing counterfeit currency.
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American soldier Elisha Hunt Rhodes writes about his fifth 4th of July in the Army 160 years ago today (July 4 1865)
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(Tuesday, July 4, 1865) — Elisha Hunt Rhodes, an American soldier who served for the entire duration of the American Civil War, wrote today in Halls Hill, Virginia, about his fifth (and what would turn out to be his final) 4th of July holiday while serving in the Union Army.
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Eight defendants convicted in Lincoln assassination 160 years ago this hour (June 30 1865)
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(Friday, June 30, 1865, court convened at 11:00 a.m. local time) — Eight people, including Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd, were convicted today by a military commission of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Continue reading Eight defendants convicted in Lincoln assassination 160 years ago this hour (June 30 1865)
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‘Juneteenth’: All remaining slaves in Texas are declared freed 160 years ago today (June 19 1865)
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(Monday, June 19, 1865) — Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger having arrived yesterday in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, declared today that all remaining slaves in Texas were free, an event celebrated annually as “Juneteenth.”
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Confederate forces west of Mississippi surrender, marking effective end of American Civil War 160 years ago today (May 26 1865)
(Friday, May 26, 1865, during the American Civil War) — Confederate Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, acting for General Edmund Smith (pictured above), signed a military convention surrendering Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department today in New Orleans, Louisiana, ending all organized Southern military resistance to the Union forces. Continue reading Confederate forces west of Mississippi surrender, marking effective end of American Civil War 160 years ago today (May 26 1865)
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Sherman’s men march in Grand Review of the Armies 160 years ago this hour (May 24 1865)
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(Wednesday, May 24, 1865, 10:00 a.m. local time) — The Grand Review of the Armies, a two-day military procession and celebration in Washington, D.C., following the close of the American Civil War, concluded today as General William T. Sherman led the 65,000 men of the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of Georgia, with an uncharacteristic semblance of military precision, past the admiring celebrities, most of which had never seen him before.
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Two-day Grand Review of the Armies begins 160 years ago this hour (May 23 1865)
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(Tuesday, May 23, 1865, 9:00 a.m. local time) — The Grand Review of the Armies, a two-day military procession and celebration in Washington, D.C., following the close of the American Civil War, began today.
Elements of the Union Army paraded through the streets of the capital to receive accolades from the crowds and reviewing politicians, officials, and prominent citizens, including the President Andrew Johnson.
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Jefferson Davis held at Ft. Monroe for two years beginning 160 years ago today (May 22 1865)
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(Monday, May 22, 1865) — Former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, captured by union forces on May 10, 1865, was incarcerated for two years beginning today at Fort Monroe, Virginia, made to wear chains in a cell kept perpetually lit.
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Last man killed in combat during American Civil War 160 years ago this hour (May 13 1865)
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(Saturday, May 13, 1865, 4:00 p.m.; during the Battle of Palmito Ranch) — In what is considered as the final battle of the American Civil War, Union Private John J. Williams of the 34th Indiana is believed to have been the last man killed in combat in the war as the Battle of Palmito Ranch in Cameron County, Texas, ended in a Confederate victory.
