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| March 3, 1819 | Edwin Vose Sumner enters military service at the rank of Second Lieutenant | |
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| March 3, 1820 | Maine admitted to the U. S. as a free state, Missouri admitted to the U. S. as a slave state. | Missouri Maine |
| Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) | ||
| March 3, 1836 | Charter of the Second Bank of the United States expires | |
| Panic of 1837 | ||
| March 3, 1839 | Ulysses Hiram Grant appointed to West Point | |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| March 3, 1843 | John C. Calhoun resigns from the Senate to run for President in 1844 | South Carolina |
| John C. Calhoun | ||
| Robert Barnwell Rhett | ||
| March 3, 1854 March 4, 1854 |
Stephen Douglas stands his ground in the Senate as he closes debate on the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Biographers consider this to be one of his shining moments. Finally, at 5:00 am on the 4th, the Senate passes the bill, 37 to 14 | |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | ||
| March 3, 1855 | The United States Army creates the First (Edwin Vose Sumner, Joseph E. Johnston) and Second Cavalry (Albert Sidney Johnston, Robert E. Lee). | |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| Albert Sidney Johnston | ||
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| Earl Van Dorn | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| William Hardee | ||
| March 3, 1855 | Franklin Pierce removes Andrew Reeder as territorial governor of Kansas | Kansas |
| March 3, 1861 | General P. G. T. Beauregard arrives at Charleston and assumes command of Confederate troops | South Carolina |
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Fort Sumter | ||
| March 3, 1862 | Abraham Lincoln appoints Andrew Johnson to be military governor of Tennessee | Tennessee |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Andrew Johnson | ||
| March 3, 1862 | General John Pope lays siege to New Madrid | Missouri |
| John Pope | ||
| March 3, 1863 | Naval assaults on Ft. McAllister resumes, lasting eight hours on this day. The damage to the fort's sand walls is quickly repaired. | Georgia |
| Fort McAllister | ||
| March 3, 1863 | The Conscription Act (National Enrollment Act of 1863) is signed into law by President Lincoln. Congress requires quotas of draftees by state, but allows wealthy Americans the right to buy their way out of service for $300.00. Also called the Draft Act or any number of variations. | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| March 3, 1863 | National Academy of Science chartered, Washington, D. C. | |
| Washington D. C. | ||
| March 3, 1863 | Financier Jay Cooke is named as an agent to popularize the purchase of U. S. government bonds | |
| March 3, 1865 | Freedman's Bureau established | |
| March 3, 1865 | Abraham Lincoln issues instructions on surrender discussions. He gives Grant wide-ranging powers on military matters, but reserves political matters for himself | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| March 3, 1874 | Millard Fillmore dies of complications from a massive stroke, Buffalo, New York | |
| Millard Fillmore |
Ongoing on this day:
| June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| February 28, 1862 April 8, 1862 |
The Battle of New Madrid / Island No. 10
After withdrawing from New Madrid Confederates control Island No. 10, blocking shipping on the Mississippi. Over 5,000 Confederate soldiers on the island surrender to Major General John Pope on April 8. |
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| John Pope |
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