March 3 In Civil War History

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This date in Civil War history

March 3, 1819 - Edwin Vose Sumner enters military service at the rank of Second Lieutenant.

March 3, 1820 - Maine admitted to the U. S. as a free state, Missouri admitted to the U. S. as a slave state as part of the Missouri Compromise.

March 3, 1836 - Charter of the Second Bank of the United States expires.

March 3, 1839 - Hiram Ulysses Grant appointed to West Point. A mix-up at registration changes his name to Ulysses Simpson Grant.

March 3, 1843 - John C. Calhoun resigns from the Senate to run for President in 1844.

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.

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).

March 3, 1855 - Franklin Pierce removes Andrew Reeder as territorial governor of Kansas.

March 3, 1861 - General P. G. T. Beauregard arrives at Charleston and assumes command of Confederate troops.

March 3, 1862 - Abraham Lincoln appoints Andrew Johnson to be military governor of Tennessee.

March 3, 1862 - General John Pope lays siege to New Madrid, Missouri.

March 3, 1863 - Naval assault on Ft. McAllister resumes, lasting eight hours on this day. The damage to the fort's sand walls is quickly repaired.

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.

March 3, 1863 - National Academy of Science chartered, 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, 1863 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.

March 3, 1865 - Freedman's Bureau is 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.

March 3, 1874 - Millard Fillmore dies of complications from a massive stroke, Buffalo, New York.
 
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