Civil War Timeline / Chronology for April 30

Civil War Timeline
Chronology for April 30
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April 30, 1789	Washington inaugurated as first President of the United States under the Constitution.
April 30, 1803	President Thomas Jefferson agrees to buy Louisiana from the French for $11,250,000 plus assumption of up to $3,750,000 in claims of U. S. citizens against France
	Causes of the Civil War
	Louisiana Purchase
April 30, 1824	Congess passes the General Survey Bill, allowing the President to authorize the survey of internal improvements. The bill was opposed by the North and Deep South. It marked the first time that Western interests suceeded in putting together a majority on a major bill.
April 30, 1858	The English Bill passes both houses of Congress
	English Bill
April 30, 1863	Army of the Potomac forces set up camp in The Wilderness surrounding the Chancellor family home after crossing the Rappahannock River	Virginia
	Army of the Potomac
	Chancellorsville
April 30, 1863	Abel Streight [US] fights a pitched battle at Day's Gap.	Alabama
	Raid on Rome, Georgia
April 30, 1863	About noon, Ulysses S. Grant begins crossing the Mississippi and landing U. S. troops south of Vicksburg	Mississippi
	Ulysses S. Grant
	Second Vicksburg Campaign
April 30, 1864	Battle of Jenkin's Ferry	Arkansas
April 30, 1864	Jefferson Davis's son Joe dies following a fall from the Confederate White House
	Jefferson Davis

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