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March 3, 1819 Edwin Vose Sumner enters military service at the rank of Second Lieutenant
March 3, 1820 Maine admitted to the U. S. as a free state, Missouri admitted to the U. S. as a slave state. Missouri
Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820)
March 3, 1836 Charter of the Second Bank of the United States expires
Panic of 1837
March 3, 1839 Ulysses Hiram Grant appointed to West Point
March 3, 1843 John C. Calhoun resigns from the Senate to run for President in 1844 South Carolina
Robert Barnwell Rhett
March 4, 1854 Stephen Douglas stands his ground in the Senate as he closes debate on the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Biographers consider this to be one of his shining moments. Finally, at 5:00 am on the 4th, the Senate passes the bill, 37 to 14
March 3, 1855 The United States Army creates the First (Edwin Vose Sumner, Joseph E. Johnston) and Second Cavalry (Albert Sidney Johnston, Robert E. Lee).
Earl Van Dorn
William Hardee
March 3, 1855 Franklin Pierce removes Andrew Reeder as territorial governor of Kansas Kansas
March 3, 1861 General P. G. T. Beauregard arrives at Charleston and assumes command of Confederate troops South Carolina
March 3, 1862 Abraham Lincoln appoints Andrew Johnson to be military governor of Tennessee Tennessee
March 3, 1862 General John Pope lays siege to New Madrid Missouri
John Pope
March 3, 1863 Naval assaults on Ft. McAllister resumes, lasting eight hours on this day. The damage to the fort's sand walls is quickly repaired. Georgia
Fort McAllister
March 3, 1863 The Conscription Act (National Enrollment Act of 1863) is signed into law by President Lincoln. Congress requires quotas of draftees by state, but allows wealthy Americans the right to buy their way out of service for $300.00. Also called the Draft Act or any number of variations.
March 3, 1863 National Academy of Science chartered, Washington, D. C.
Washington D. C.
March 3, 1863 Financier Jay Cooke is named as an agent to popularize the purchase of U. S. government bonds
March 3, 1865 Freedman's Bureau established
March 3, 1865 Abraham Lincoln issues instructions on surrender discussions. He gives Grant wide-ranging powers on military matters, but reserves political matters for himself
March 3, 1874 Millard Fillmore dies of complications from a massive stroke, Buffalo, New York
Ongoing on this day:
April 2, 1865 Siege of Petersburg Virginia
May 10, 1865 The American Civil War
April 8, 1862 The Battle of New Madrid / Island No. 10
After withdrawing from New Madrid Confederates control Island No. 10, blocking shipping on the Mississippi. Over 5,000 Confederate soldiers on the island surrender to Major General John Pope on April 8.
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