Do you know what happened on March 18 during the U.S. Civil War?

LTC Stephen F. — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:09:53 -0400

Much of the action of March 18 was political or financial. Arkansas defeats a secession motion in 1861.1864 voters ratify a pro-Union constitution which ends slavery in the state. 1863 the financial markets of Paris offered three million British pounds’ worth of Confederate bonds. In 1864 Lincoln praised the Army Nurse Corps.1865 the Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Mar 18 at 2016 2:48 PM

LTC Stephen C. — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:48:14 -0400

Forget about what happened on March 18th during the years of the War of Northern Agression, LTC Stephen F.! March 18 is my birthday!

Response by SSgt Robert Marx made Mar 18 at 2016 3:19 PM

SSgt Robert Marx — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:19:19 -0400

The Confederates actually were moving to emancipation by 1865 but only because of their military defeat. They had actually gotten by 1865 to the point of drafting black men into their forces. The Union fielded 2.2 million men in their army during the war and 10% were Black men. Their presence was very high in the post war force that kept the Native Americans pacified and on the reservations for the rest of the Indian Wars which ended with Wounded Knee in 1890. The people of the "Negro race" as it was referred to then actively helped to secure their own people's freedom in this country.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Mar 18 at 2016 3:53 PM

LTC Stephen F. — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:53:08 -0400

This was a historic day in many respects. First in 1864 when victory was not clearly visible the President of the USA praised the women serving as nurses during the American Civil War “If all that has been said…since the creation of the world, in praise of women, applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during the war.” The beginning and end of the Confederacy was debated on this day: in 1861 By a vote of 39-35 the Arkansas convention defeats a secession motion. Instead, they vote to allow a general election in August to determine the question of secession which they eventually adopted.
Europe was eager to do business with the Confederacy in 1863 and three million British pounds’ worth of Confederate bonds were indeed quickly subscribed and purchased, giving not only much-needed revenue to the Richmond government but increasing hopes that recognition by European governments must surely follow soon.
In 1865 Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for ye final time. After the Civil war was over the Virginia General Assembly reconvened in its prewar chambers on December 4, 1865, in the early days of Reconstruction.
Since RallyPoint truncates survey selection text I am posting events that were not included and then the full text of each survey choice below:
a. Tuesday, March 18, 1862 (a) Jefferson Davis moves Judah Benjamin from the Confederate War Department to Confederate Secretary of State, replacing R. M. T. Hunter. George W. Randolph of Virginia is appointed Confederate Secretary of War. (b) the Virginia General Assembly ratified the action of the North Carolina convention by an act which it was stipulated that connection with the Richmond & Danville Railroad should be made south of the Dan River at some point near Danville, unless military conditions should demand that it be made elsewhere.
b. March 18, 1864 William T. Sherman assumes command of Union forces in the West.
c. March 18, 1864: Arkansas voters ratify a pro-Union constitution which ends slavery in the state.
d. The first US navy submarine the USS Alligator was observed by President Lincoln during a test of its capabilities on March 18, 1863.
1. March 18, 1861 (a) By a vote of 39-35 the Arkansas convention defeats a secession motion. Instead, they vote to allow a general election in August to determine the question of secession. (b) March 18, 1861 Sam Houston, governor of Texas, refuses to take the oath of allegiance to the new Confederacy.
2. March 18, 1863 The financial markets of Paris were presented with a new investment opportunity today as the financiers House of Erlanger offered to buyers three million British pounds’ worth of Confederate bonds. The instruments were to be repaid over a period of twenty years. Although they became at the time prime examples of why investments involve risk, the holder’s descendants have reason to be happy–the bonds themselves are worth a great deal in the antiquities market today. The bonds were indeed quickly subscribed and purchased, giving not only much-needed revenue to the Richmond government but increasing hopes that recognition by European governments must surely follow soon.”
3. On March 18, 1864 President Abraham Lincoln humbly praised the women serving as nurses during the American Civil War, “If all that has been said…since the creation of the world, in praise of women, applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during the war.”
4. March 18, 1865 The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time at the Capitol in Richmond, Virginia.
The last session of the Confederate Congress adjourned on March 18, 1865. On April 2 and 3 the Confederate capital was hastily evacuated and fires spread out of control along Richmond's waterfront. Refugees from the flames flocked to Capitol Square for the safety of the open grounds. The arrival of Union troops at the Capitol on April 3 heralded the beginning of military occupation. The large Confederate and Virginia flags flying from opposite ends of the Capitol were removed and replaced with U.S. flags. Union troops camped on the square and Union officers organized efforts to extinguish the conflagration raging just south of the Capitol.
On April 4 U.S. president Abraham Lincoln toured Capitol Square by carriage and may have briefly entered the Capitol itself. Union military authorities quickly commandeered various rooms in the Capitol to conduct their business. A guardroom was established in the basement. Military passes for men and women were issued from separate rooms on the second floor. The state Senate chamber on the third floor was used for administering oaths and issuing paroles to Confederate officers and soldiers. Permits for transporting goods were issued from the governor's office. As late as September 1865 a visitor to the halls of the late Congress found them to be "a scene of dust and confusion," while workmen were "sweeping out the last vestiges of Confederate rule." The Virginia General Assembly reconvened in its prewar chambers on December 4, 1865, in the early days of Reconstruction.

Response by SP5 Mark Kuzinski made Mar 18 at 2016 4:02 PM

SP5 Mark Kuzinski — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:02:02 -0400

Thanks for the history.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Jun 4 at 2016 7:28 PM

LTC Stephen F. — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 19:28:00 -0400

Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM Since you are interested in nursing I wanted to draw your attention to President Lincolns praise of the Army Nurse Corps.
On March 18, 1864, President Lincoln stood in front of a crowd of thousands at the closing ceremonies of the Washington D.C. Sanitary Fair, one of several fairs in major cities across the North and Midwest during the Civil War. These events had raised nearly $3 million for sick and wounded soldiers by offering entertainment, food, and exhibits of activities and products from the region. When Lincoln addressed the crowd that day, he thanked the women who had been the chief organizers of the fairs, saying: “Of all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war.”
The Sanitary Fairs were one of the many efforts set up by the United States Sanitary Commission (the “Commission” or the “USSC”) to collect donations for the Union troops. The Commission had been formed at the beginning of the war as a civilian organization that provided supplies and help to the Union Army. Commission historian Charles Stille, who described the USSC as “the most successful method of mitigating the horrors of war known in history,”4 estimated that it raised $50 million of goods and funds5, or over $1 billion in today’s currency.6 According to historian Allan Nevins, the USSC was invaluable to the Union, providing “money, goods, and personal help … In a nation which had no medical association, no nursing schools, no apparatus for meeting a sudden strain on hospital facilities, it mobilized the best talents available for the war
There is more at
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/Elizabeth%20Robertson_0.pdf

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