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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Army. (search)
d Indiana furnished for three months15,007   Total2,772,408 Number of men who paid commutation86,724   Grand total2,859,132   Aggregate reduced to a three years standard2,320,272 actual strength of the army between Jan. 1, 1860, and May 1, 1865. Date.Regulars.Volunteers.Total. Jan. 1, 186016,435-----16,435 Jan. 1, 186116,367-----16,367 July 1, 186116,422170,329186,751 Jan. 1, 186222,425553,492575,917 March 31, 186223,308613,818637,126 Jan. 1, 186325,463892,728918,191 Jan. 1, 186424,636836,101860,737 Jan. 1, 186522,019937,441959,460 March 31, 186521,669958,417980,086 May 1, 1865  1,000,516 Disbanding of the Union armies. The soldiers of the great armies that confronted Lee and Johnston in Virginia and North Carolina, and conquered them, were marched to the vicinity of the national capital, and during two memorable days （May 22 and 23, 1865), moved through that city, with tens of thousands of moistened eyes gazing upon them, and passed in review before the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Bowling Green, Va., shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett, and his accomplice, Harold, captured......April 26, 1865 Memorandum for a peace, signed by Generals Sherman and Johnston at Durham Station, N. C., April 18, is rejected at Washington April 21. Grant arrives at Raleigh April 24, and General Johnston surrenders to Sherman at Bennett's house, near Durham Station......April 26, 1865 Executive order for trial by military commission of alleged assassins of President Lincoln issued......May 1, 1865 Reward of $100,000 offered for the capture of Jefferson Davis by proclamation of President......May 2, 1865 Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor surrenders at Citronelle, near Mobile, Ala.......May 4, 1865 Executive order re-establishing authority of the United States in Virginia recognizes Francis H. Pierpont as governor......May 10, 1865 Jefferson Davis captured, with his wife, mother, Postmaster-General Reagan, Colonel Harrison, Johnson, and others, by 4th Michigan Cavalry, unde
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
iversities......February, 1865 John C. Breckinridge appointed Secretary of War, Confederate States of America......1865 General Palmer relieves General Burbridge from command of the district of Kentucky......Feb. 10, 1865 Agricultural College established......Feb. 22, 1865 By proclamation of the governor, business is suspended on the occasion of the funeral of Lincoln......April 19, 1865 Old command of General Morgan surrenders to Brig-Gen. E. H. Hobson at Mount Sterling......May 1, 1865 President Johnson modifies President Lincoln's proclamation of July 5, 1864, in so far that martial law shall no longer be in force in Kentucky ......Oct. 12, 1865 State farmers' convention held at Frankfort. Forty counties represented......Jan. 11, 1866 Ashland, the home of Henry Clay, near Lexington, purchased for the new Agricultural College of Kentucky......Jan. 15, 1866 Jesse Root Grant, father of General Grant, appointed postmaster at Covington......Feb. 25, 1866 Ska