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  1. Meeting of the Board of Alderman
    date October 14, 1856map ORLEANS, Louisianatags Slavery

    On October 14, 1856 the Board of Alderman held a city council meeting to discuss the climate in the city of New Orleans. In the meeting, the Mayor advocated for the increase of the police force by more than one hundred men. The call for an increased police force stemmed from his desire to protect “the persons and property of our citizens (Daily Picayune, Oct 14, pg. 4).' In other words, the...

  2. Jefferson Davis Named As Pierce's Secretary of War
    date March 4, 1853 to March 7, 1853map Washington City, District of Columbiatags War

    Jefferson Davis accepted his post as Franklin Pierce's Secretary of War. Born in Kentucky and living in Mississippi for much of his life, Jefferson Davis developed a strong conviction that the Constitution protected the practice of slavery and was an advocate of states' rights. As part of Pierce's administration, he encouraged and induced Pierce to favor the interests and views of southerners in his...

  3. Ratification of Louisiana constitution creates land grant funding for Louisiana State University and creates state supported black university in New Orleans.
    date December 8, 1879map ORLEANS, Louisianatags Education

    With the ratification of the Louisiana Constitution of 1879, Article 230 mandated that the Louisiana State Agricultural and Mechanical College would receive 182,000 is state funding from the sales of lands. At the same time Article 231 of the constitution mandated that the state would “make an annual appropriation of not less than five thousand dollars, nor more than ten thousand dollars,' for...

  4. Confederate Congress adopts a constitution
    date March 11, 1861map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags Race-Relations, Slavery

    The Confederate Constitution was adopted by the Confederacy in opposition to the Union and the United States Constitution. The prominent differences between the two were that the Confederate Constitution sought different guarantees of states' rights and protected slavery as an institution. Members of the convention held in Montgomery made it their goal to create a constitution for the southern states...

  5. Improvements at the Virginia Military Institute
    date August 11, 1853 to August 18, 1853map ROCKBRIDGE, Virginiatags Economy, Education, War

    The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) was created in 1836 when funding was set aside for it in lieu of an arsenal in Lexington. Lexington lies roughly fifty miles to the northeast of Roanoke. It was instantly a source of pride for Virginia. Shortly after VMI was created, South Carolina tried to recreate VMI in their version which they called the Citadel. The cadets at both schools had rivalries...

  6. Adie and the Railroad
    date January 8, 1888 to January 9, 1888map CAMDEN, Missouritags Health/Death, Economy, Law, Migration/Transportation

    B. W. Adie wrote to his sister from Camden, Missouri on Janurary 9, 1888 after a lull in their family correspondence. He told his sister that he was recently employed by the Chicago Santa Fe and California Railroad. His main concern regarding this job was the weather in Missouri: you can rest assured it's cold enough. I have caught a bad cold and am not at work this morning. Adie did not mention much...

  7. Welcome to West Virginia
    date 1870map WOOD, West Virginiatags Agriculture, Economy, Migration/Transportation

    Seven years after its creation, West Virginia continued to be less populated than its older, more widely settled eastern counterpart. According to the Encyclopedia of the South, at the end of the Civil War West Virginia was an undeveloped and rural state with a population of only about 400,000, or about one-third that of contemporary Virginia. In part to attempt to counteract this imbalance, as well...

  8. Support for Jackson
    date January, 1819 to February, 1819map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Government, Native-Americans, War

    In March of 1818, Jackson invaded Florida, brought down Fort Negro, and seized parts of Florida, which was under Spanish control. Jackson's actions caused international repercussions. Spain protested the invasion, which led to the halt of negotiations to buy Spanish Florida. The invasion, also, led Britain to protest the execution of two of its subjects who had never entered the United State territory,...

  9. No Chance, the Fall of a Seminole
    date 1817 to 1840map DUVAL, Floridatags Native-Americans

    Early in the nineteenth century, the United States' soldiers scouted out Indians in order to rid the new white settlements in the south of Indians. Many soldiers in their infantries would leave their fort and go scout and capture Indians; however, majority of the time the soldiers killed the Indians instead because the Indians resisted capture. When a soldier caught an Indian off guard and alone, the...

  10. Farm Fair in Norfolk
    date November 15, 1853 to November 18, 1853map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags Agriculture

    Agricultural fairs were a serious business in the Tidewater area of Virginia in 1853. Because Norfolk was a populous city and a major harbor, it was an ideal spot to hold a fair. Many shipments of exotic merchandise could be sold at the fair and many people who were not from the Tidewater area could arrive by ship to attend the fair. The fair was run by the state of Virginia's agricultural societies....

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