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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), District of Columbia. (search)
he Capitol......Jan. 25, 1853 Government hospital for the insane of the army and navy established near Uniontown, 1853; opened......1855 Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, founded by Amos Kendall, chartered by Congress......1857 Peace conference of five commissioners from each State assembles at Washington......Feb. 4, 1861 Balloon ascension for military purposes made at Washington, and first telegraph message from a balloon sent by Mr. Lowe to President Lincoln......June 18, 1861 Congress emancipates all slaves, to be valued by commissioners and paid for at a maximum of $300......April 16, 1862 Collegiate department of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, known as the National Deaf-Mute College, the only one in the world, publicly opened......June 28, 1864 Gen. Jubal Early, Confederate, attacks Fort Stevens, 6 miles north of Washington, and is repulsed......July 12, 1864 President Lincoln assassinated in Ford's Theatre, Washington......Apr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Texas, (search)
d and occupied by Texan troops......March 5, 1861 Gov. Sam Houston, opposing secession and favoring separate State action, deposed; Lieutenant-Governor Clark inaugurated......March 20, 1861 Constitution of the Confederate States ratified by legislature, 68 to 2......March 23, 1861 Col. Earl Van Dorn captures 450 United States troops at Saluria......April 25, 1861 Governor Clark proclaims it treasonable to pay debts to citizens of States at war with the Confederate States......June 18, 1861 Galveston surrendered to Commodore Renshaw......Oct. 8, 1862 Gen. N. J. T. Dana occupies Brazos, Santiago, and Brownsville with 6,000 soldiers from New Orleans......November, 1862 Confederates under Gen. J. B. Magruder defeat Renshaw and capture Galveston......Jan. 1, 1863 Confederate privateer Alabama destroys the Hatteras in an engagement off Galveston......Jan. 11, 1863 Samuel Houston, born in Virginia, dies at Huntersville, aged seventy......July 25, 1863 Battle of