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Civil War Timeline Chronology for May 1
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May 1 , 1845
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is published
Frederick Douglass
May 1 , 1861
Robert E. Lee orders Stonewall Jackson to remove the weapons and equipment from the arsenal at Harpers Ferry
West Virginia Virginia
Harpers Ferry
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
May 1 , 1862
Infantry under Benjamin Butler [US] begin entering the city of New Orleans
Louisiana
Battle of New Orleans
Benjamin Butler
May 1 , 1863 May 4 , 1863
Battle of Chancellorsville
General "Fighting Joe" Hooker's Army of the Potomac is defeated by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as it crosses the Rappahannock on the way to Richmond
Union: 17,268
Confederate: 12,821
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Joseph Hooker
Bloodiest Civil War battles
Stonewall Jackson
Army of Northern Virginia
Army of the Potomac
Lafayette McLaws
Chancellorsville
John Reynolds
Darius Couch
George Stoneman
May 1 , 1863
"Stainless Banner" becomes the second Confederate Flag
Flags of the Civil War
May 1 , 1863 May 2 , 1863
Battle of Chalk Bluff
Arkansas
May 1 , 1863
Skirmishing increased in eastern Alabama as Col. Abel Streight moved towards Rome
Alabama
Raid on Rome, Georgia
May 1 , 1863
In a rally intended to be a reaction to Burnside's General Order 38, Clement Vallandigham criticizes Abraham Lincoln for not ending the Civil War, which he characterized as "wicked and cruel."
Clement Vallandigham
May 1 , 1864
Federal troops return to Alexandria. Heavy skirmishing will continue for days.
Louisiana
Red River Campaign
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