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Civil War Timeline / Chronology for 1838 <<Previous year Next year>>
| May 21, 1838 |
Congress rescinds the Specie Circular |
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Specie Circular |
| July 1, 1838 |
The West Point class of 1838 contains P. G. T Beauregard (2), Irwin McDowell (23), William Hardee (26), and Carter Stevenson (42). |
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P. G. T. Beauregard |
| August 7, 1838 |
Robert E. Lee promoted to Captain |
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Robert E. Lee |
| September 3, 1838 |
Frederick Douglass travels from Baltimore to New York under an assumed named, escaping slavery |
Maryland New York
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Frederick Douglass |
| September 15, 1838 |
Frederick Douglass marries a free black woman from Baltimore, Anna Murray. They move to New Bedford |
Massachusetts
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Frederick Douglass |
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