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Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Apr 20 Battle of Norfolk, VA. 
Apr 20 Robert E Lee steps down from Union army.
Apr 21 USS Saratoga captures slaver, Nightingale.
Apr 22 Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces.
Apr 22 Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia forces.
Apr 23 Arkansas troops seize Fort Smith
Apr 23 Arkansas troops seize Ft Smith
Apr 23 Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal.
Apr 25 7th NY arrives to reinforce Washington, DC.
Apr 26 G Schiaparelli discovers asteroid #69 Hesperia.
Apr 27 Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer
Apr 27 President Abe Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
Apr 27 President Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus
Apr 27 President Lincoln extended blockade of Confederacy to VA and NC ports.
Apr 27 West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from US
Apr 29 Asteroid 68-Leto and Asteroid 69-Hesperia discovered
Apr 29 Maryland's House of Delegates vote against seceding from Union
Apr 29 Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union.
Apr 29 R Luther discovers asteroid #68 Leto
Apr 30 President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory.
May 01 Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry.
May 03 Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80
May 03 Gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan.
May 03 General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan
May 03 Lincoln asks for 42000 Army Volunteers and another 18000 seamen.
May 04 At Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel navy is cast
May 04 At Gretna LA, one of inaugural guns of Rebel navy is cast
May 05 Alexandria VA - CS troops abandon city.
May 05 Alexandria, VA
May 06 Arkansas and Tennessee become 9th and 10th states to secede from US
May 06 Arkansas and Tennessee is recorded as becoming 9th and 10th state to secede from US
May 06 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US and Confederacy
May 06 Radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913).
May 08 Richmond VA, is named the capital of the Confederacy.
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