| Religion/Philosophy |
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Palm Sunday |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Georgia, the leader of the Union raid on the Confederate rail system is captured |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Tennessee, Union Navy mortar vessels begin the lengthy bombardment of Fort Pillow |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Philadelphia, former Secretary of War Cameron arrested and sued for false imprisonment |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Confederate president Jefferson Davis signs the first Conscription Act in American history |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Scores of Philadelphia German volunteers drown while crossing the Shenandoah in western Virginia |
| US/the World |
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In London, the U.S. Ambassador meets with the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society |
| Slavery/Abolition |
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Slavery is abolished in the District of Columbia |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union forces continue to advance in the Shenandoah Valley and occupy Mount Jackson |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union naval units begin a five day bombardment of Fort Jackson on the Mississippi below New Orleans |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Good Friday |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union forces advance on Stafford County, Virginia |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Virginia, defiant Fredericksburg officials surrender their town to Union General Irvin McDowell |
| Personal |
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Wisconsin Governor Louis P. Harvey drowns in the Tennessee River while visiting Wisconsin troops |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In North Carolina, Confederate troops defend the locks of the Dismal Swamp Canal from demolition |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Easter Sunday |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The U.S. Congress completes a bill to establish a new mint in Denver, Colorado |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Supreme Court Justice John Catron returns to Nashville to reconvene the U.S. District Court there |
| US/the World |
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The Emily St. Pierre, the British ship recaptured from its U.S. Navy prize crew, arrives in Liverpool |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is now adjourned till August |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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A congressional committee reports that Senator Benjamin Stark of Oregon is a southern sympathizer |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In North Carolina, U.S. Navy units block the entrance to the Albermarle and Chesapeake Canal |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union naval units under Commodore Farragut break past Confederate defenses towards New Orleans |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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At dawn, Union artillery begins a heavy bombardment of Fort Macon near Beaufort, North Carolina |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Union troops take possession of Fort Macon near Beaufort, North Carolina |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Louisiana, a helpless New Orleans resists Union demands for its capitulation |
| Personal |
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At Savannah, Tennessee, experienced Union division commander Charles F. Smith dies of illness |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In a defiant New Orleans, a mob tears down a Union flag hoisted over the U.S. Mint |
| US/the World |
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President Lincoln, with great ceremony, visits aboard a French frigate at the Washington Navy Yard |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Skirmish between Union cavalry and Confederate Cherokee Indians yields disputed claims of victory |
