Civil War Timeline / Chronology for April 19

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.

April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865	The American Civil War
	The Civil War