January
February
March
April
President Johnson issues a proclamation that "the insurrection which heretofore existed in the Confederate states is at an end and is henceforth to be so regarded".
May
In Pulaski, Tennessee, six Confederate veterans organize the Ku Klux Klan.
June
Congress adopts the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
July
August
President Johnson extends the closure of hostilities to Texas, the official end of the war.
September
October
November
In Indianapolis, Indiana, veterans of the Union Army create the Grand Army of the Republic (the GAR) as a social and political organization.
December
1
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
2017 events
January
February
March
Congress passes the Reconstruction Act, dividing the Southern states into five military districts, whose governors will take their orders from the commander of the Army (General Grant), not the president.
April
May
Nathan Bedford Forrest, a former Confederate general, accepts the post of Grand Wizard of the Empire, heading the Ku Klux Klan.
Jefferson Davis, having served two years at Fort Monroe, is released on bail.
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
February
March
Congress passes the Reconstruction Act, dividing the Southern states into five military districts, whose governors will take their orders from the commander of the Army (General Grant), not the president.
April
May
Nathan Bedford Forrest, a former Confederate general, accepts the post of Grand Wizard of the Empire, heading the Ku Klux Klan.
Jefferson Davis, having served two years at Fort Monroe, is released on bail.
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Saturday, August 9, 2008
2018 events
January
February
Having reinstated Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and dismissed him in a test of the Tenure of Office Act, President Johnson is impeached by Congress. There are 11 articles in the indictment, but the only real issue is the firing of Stanton.
March
5 The United States Senate convenes to consider the impeachment of President Johnson, with Chief Justice Salmon Chase presiding.
April
May
Congress votes, 35 to 19, for conviction, but fails to reach a 2/3 majority; President Johnson is acquitted by one vote.
Secretary of War Stanton resigns.
The Radical Republican party nominates General U.S. Grant for president.
Decoration Day (later to become Memorial Day) is inaugurated, primarily through the efforts of General John Logan (USA).
June
July
The Democratic Party nominates Governor Horatio Seymour of New York as their presidential nominee.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution goes into effect.
August
September
The legislature of Georgia having expelled its black members, military government is reimposed.
October
November
Ulysses S Grant wins the election as president.
December
February
Having reinstated Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and dismissed him in a test of the Tenure of Office Act, President Johnson is impeached by Congress. There are 11 articles in the indictment, but the only real issue is the firing of Stanton.
March
5 The United States Senate convenes to consider the impeachment of President Johnson, with Chief Justice Salmon Chase presiding.
April
May
Congress votes, 35 to 19, for conviction, but fails to reach a 2/3 majority; President Johnson is acquitted by one vote.
Secretary of War Stanton resigns.
The Radical Republican party nominates General U.S. Grant for president.
Decoration Day (later to become Memorial Day) is inaugurated, primarily through the efforts of General John Logan (USA).
June
July
The Democratic Party nominates Governor Horatio Seymour of New York as their presidential nominee.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution goes into effect.
August
September
The legislature of Georgia having expelled its black members, military government is reimposed.
October
November
Ulysses S Grant wins the election as president.
December
Friday, August 8, 2008
2019 events
January
Having had second thoughts, Nathan Bedford Forrest resigns as Grand Wizard and tries to disband the Ku Klux Klan, without success.
February
Congress proposes the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race or 'previous condition of servitude'.
March
US Grant is inaugurated as president.
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Having had second thoughts, Nathan Bedford Forrest resigns as Grand Wizard and tries to disband the Ku Klux Klan, without success.
February
Congress proposes the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race or 'previous condition of servitude'.
March
US Grant is inaugurated as president.
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Thursday, August 7, 2008
2020 events
January
February
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution goes into effect.
March
April
May
Congress enacts the Ku Klux Klan act, providing heavy penalties for anyone interfering with those exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment.
June
July
Georgia is the last Confederate state readmitted to the Union after it ratifies the 15th Amendment.
August
September
October
November
December
When Congress reconvenes in Washington, it is the first Congress since 1860 to have all states represented.
February
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution goes into effect.
March
April
May
Congress enacts the Ku Klux Klan act, providing heavy penalties for anyone interfering with those exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment.
June
July
Georgia is the last Confederate state readmitted to the Union after it ratifies the 15th Amendment.
August
September
October
November
December
When Congress reconvenes in Washington, it is the first Congress since 1860 to have all states represented.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
2021 events
January
February
March
April
Congress passes yet another Ku Klux Klan act, allowed acts by armed groups to be treated as rebellion and put down by military force.
May
Following the Treaty of Washington, signed between the US, Britain, and Canada, a special tribunal meets in Geneva, Switzerland to determine the claims against the depredations of the CSS Alabama and other raiders; the United States is awarded $15,500,000.
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
February
March
April
Congress passes yet another Ku Klux Klan act, allowed acts by armed groups to be treated as rebellion and put down by military force.
May
Following the Treaty of Washington, signed between the US, Britain, and Canada, a special tribunal meets in Geneva, Switzerland to determine the claims against the depredations of the CSS Alabama and other raiders; the United States is awarded $15,500,000.
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
2022 events
January
February
March
April
May
The Liberal Republicans nominate Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, for president.
Congress enacts the Amnesty Act.
June
The Republican Party nominates President Grant for re-election.
July
The Democratic Party nominates Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, for president.
August
September
The Liberal Colored Republicans nominate Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, for president.
October
November
Grant easily wins re-electon. Horace Greeley is devastated, goes insane, and dies by the end of the month.
December
February
March
April
May
The Liberal Republicans nominate Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, for president.
Congress enacts the Amnesty Act.
June
The Republican Party nominates President Grant for re-election.
July
The Democratic Party nominates Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, for president.
August
September
The Liberal Colored Republicans nominate Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, for president.
October
November
Grant easily wins re-electon. Horace Greeley is devastated, goes insane, and dies by the end of the month.
December
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