On April 27th, 1861 President Lincoln extended the blockade to Virginia and North Carolina. This declaration was an extension from the original one on April 19th for seven of the Confederate States. The intention for this decision was to cut off the international trade lines for the Confederacy and make it difficult to transport weapons and troops. The rigid blockade was established on the Southern...
From Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus, which prevented illegal imprisonment. This enraged Maryland citizens who were at the heart of the matter. They felt that this surrender of privileges of free men was unnecessary. One reason for the suspension was due to John Merrymen. He blew up a railroad bridge in Baltimore County...
In April of 1861 the Fall of Fort Sumter gripped the United States. After this dramatic turning point, both the North and South began to take offensive and defensive measures. Suddenly, the nation stood at the threshold of war. Only approximately two weeks after Beauregard's Confederate troops had stormed the national fort, a large group of clergymen from across the state of Mississippi gathered...
After leaving Richmond on his way to Harper's Ferry, Thomas Jackson quickly wrote his wife Mary Anna on April 27, 1861 telling her of his reassignment. The Governor appointed him Colonel of the Virginia Volunteers; he was honored to hold such an independent position but warned Mary Anna, whom he affectionately called little one, that they would probably not be able to correspond for quite some...