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Civil War Timeline Chronology for April 19
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April 19 , 1861
Southern sympathizers in Baltimore cut telegraph lines and bridges to Washington, D. C. While passing through the city, the 6th Massachusetts Regiment is attacked. They open fire on a crowd. When the dust settles, three soldiers and one civilian were dead, the first casualties during fighting in the Civil War.
Maryland
Civil War Firsts
Washington D. C.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Maryland and Secession
April 19 , 1861
Surprising most people, Lincoln calls for a blockade of Southern ports, a major element of Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan
Winfield Scott
Abraham Lincoln
April 19 , 1861
Virginia forces take control of Harpers Ferry
West Virginia Virginia
Harpers Ferry
April 19 , 1861
Federal marshals seize records of telegraphs sent from major northern cities, leading to the arrest of southern sympathizers.
April 19 , 1862
The Joint Committee on Flag and Seal backs the flag proposed earlier by Barnwell Rhett. The Confederate House eventually tables the design.
Robert Barnwell Rhett
Flags of the Civil War
April 19 , 1863
The Nebraska Territory enabling act, the first step in statehood, is signed into law.
April 19 , 1865
The nation mourns U. S. President Abraham Lincoln at his funeral in Washington, D. C.
Abraham Lincoln
Washington D. C.
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