Mar. | 18, 1861.– | Lieut. Adam J. Slemmer, U. S. Army, commanding at Fort Pickens, Fla., returns four fugitive slaves to their masters. |
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Apr. | 23, 1861.– | Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Army, offers to use U. S. troops in co-operation with the Governor of Maryland to repress an apprehended slave insurrection. |
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May | 24, 1861.– | Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Army, from Fort Monroe announces to the General-in-Chief his determination to employ fugitive slaves of disloyal owners. |
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| 30, 1861.– | Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, directs Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Army, not to surrender fugitive slaves to disloyal owners. |
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June | 22, 1861.– | Col. Harvey Brown, U. S. Army, commanding Fort Pickens, Fla., reports to the War Department that he will not return fugitive slaves to their masters unless otherwise ordered. |
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July | 9, 1861.– | The House of Representatives resolves that it is not the duty of Union soldiers to capture and return fugitive slaves. |
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Aug. | 30, 1861.– | Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont, U. S. Army, proclaims martial law in Missouri and his purpose to confiscate the property and liberate the slaves of disloyal owners. |
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Sept. | 11, 1861.– | President Lincoln issues an order modifying the proclamation of General Frémont to conform to act of Congress. |
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| 12, 1861.– | Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont, U. S. Army, issues deeds of manumission to two slaves of a disloyal owner. |
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Oct. | 14, 1861.– | Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, authorizes Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman, U. S. Army, commanding at Port Royal, S. C., to organize and arm, if necessary, squads of fugitive and captured slaves. |
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Nov. | 4, 1861.– | Maj. Gen. John A. Dix, U. S. Army, directs that negroes be not allowed to come within certain military lines in Maryland. |
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| 7, 1861.– | Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, U. S. Army, in a letter of instructions counsels Brig. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, U. S. Army, appointed to the command in Kentucky, to respect the constitutional rights of Kentuckians in their slave property. |
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| 8, 1861.– | Brig. Gen. William T. Sherman, U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Cumberland, expresses the opinion that fugitive slaves must be delivered up on application of their masters in conformity to the laws of Kentucky. |
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| 20, 1861.– | Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, U. S. Army, issues General Orders, No. 3, excluding fugitive slaves from the military camps in the Department of the Missouri.{p.750} |
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Dec. | 25, 1861.– | Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding District of Southeast Missouri, orders fugitive slaves to be expelled from Fort Holt, Ky. |
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Mar. | 13, 1862.– | Additional Article of War approved forbidding officers and soldiers of the U. S. Army from aiding in the capture and return of fugitive slaves to disloyal owners. |
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May | 9, 1862.– | Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U. S. Army, proclaims martial law in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, and declares all slaves free. |
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| 19, 1862.– | President Lincoln modifies Major-General Hunter’s proclamation freeing the slaves in his military department. |
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