What was the most significant event on May 4 during the U.S. Civil War?

LTC Stephen F. — Thu, 05 May 2016 22:00:47 -0400

1858: Four years after the Kansas Nebraska Act allowed the settlers of the territories west of Missouri to decide if slavery would be legal there, Kansans voted to be a free state.
1862: In the morning around Yorktown, Union scouts discover that the Confederate trenches are empty, the quarters ablaze, and the Rebel army gone, before Gen. McClellan’s magnificent array of monster guns has fired a shot.
1864: The final Spring Campaign of the Civil War began as the Army of the Potomac crossed the Rapidan River in Virginia and three smaller armies (Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland) pushed deeper into Georgia.
1864: “Passing like ships in night” the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac make their ways into the wilderness.
1865: The day of Mr. Lincoln's Springfield funeral was a scorcher. At 10:00 A.M. the doors to the State House were closed, and Mr. Lincoln's body was prepared for burial by the undertaker and embalmer. The coffin was carried to an elegant hearse (finished in gold, silver, and crystal) lent to Springfield by the city of St. Louis. The procession was led by Major-General Joseph Hooker and followed a zigzag route from the State House, past Mr. Lincoln's home, past the Governor's Mansion, and onto the country road leading to Oak Ridge Cemetery. The hearse was followed immediately by Old Bob wearing a mourning blanket. Mr. Lincoln's only two blood relatives in attendance that day were his son, Robert, and his cousin, John Hanks. Mrs. Lincoln was still in mourning in the White House. The procession was the largest spectacle the Midwest had ever seen. Upon arrival at the cemetery, the coffin was laid upon the marble slab inside the tomb. Willie's little coffin was also placed inside the tomb. The funeral oration was given by Bishop Matthew Simpson who had been chosen over every other minister in the United States for this sad occasion. Simpson gave an extremely eloquent address. When Simpson was finished, Dr. Phineas Densmore Gurley read the benediction. The crowd then watched as the gates of iron and the heavy wooden doors of the tomb were closed and locked. It was over at last.
Pictures: 1865 Funeral Train Route for President Lincoln's Body; 1861 Harpers Weekly: The Housetops in Charleston during the Bombardment of Sumter, May 4, 1861; 1863 Battle of Salem Church, Virginia; 1864 wilderness campaign
Grant Crosses Rapidan River to Begin Overland Campaign May 4, 1864
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Grant Crosses Rapidan River to Begin Overland Campaign May 4, 1864

In this week in military history, General Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army across the Rapidan River on May 4, 1864.Given command of all Union Armies in wh...

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1862: In the morning around Yorktown, Union scouts discover that the Confederate trenches are empty, the quarters ablaze, and the Rebel army gone, before Gen. McClellan’s magnificent array of monster guns has fired a shot. Johnston and the Rebels retreat along 2 parallel roads that meet near Williamsburg, the old colonial capital of Virginia. McClellan sends nearly 50,000 troops in pursuit, who find that the Confederates have built substantial defenses there, including Fort Magruder. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his brigade deploy for action in the morning.
1864: Over President Lincoln’s objections, the U.S. House of Representatives passes the Wade-Davis Reconstruction Bill, which lays out severe and retaliatory measures for punishing the South after the war.
1865 The day of Mr. Lincoln's Springfield funeral was a scorcher. At 10:00 A.M. the doors to the State House were closed, and Mr. Lincoln's body was prepared for burial by the undertaker and embalmer. The coffin was carried to an elegant hearse (finished in gold, silver, and crystal) lent to Springfield by the city of St. Louis. The procession was led by Major-General Joseph Hooker and followed a zigzag route from the State House, past Mr. Lincoln's home, past the Governor's Mansion, and onto the country road leading to Oak Ridge Cemetery. The hearse was followed immediately by Old Bob wearing a mourning blanket. Mr. Lincoln's only two blood relatives in attendance that day were his son, Robert, and his cousin, John Hanks. Mrs. Lincoln was still in mourning in the White House. The procession was the largest spectacle the Midwest had ever seen. Upon arrival at the cemetery, the coffin was laid upon the marble slab inside the tomb. Willie's little coffin was also placed inside the tomb. The funeral oration was given by Bishop Matthew Simpson who had been chosen over every other minister in the United States for this sad occasion. Simpson gave an extremely eloquent address. When Simpson was finished, Dr. Phineas Densmore Gurley read the benediction. The crowd then watched as the gates of iron and the heavy wooden doors of the tomb were closed and locked. It was over at last.
Pictures: 1863 Grants Vicksburg Campaign April-July-63; 1862 Federal battery with 13-inch seacoast mortars, Model 1861, during the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia; 1862 A view of the Confederate earthworks outside Yorktown. Notice that the works are fortified with cotton bales; xx
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A. May 4, 1858: It became clear after a territory wide vote, that the voters wanted Kansas to be a free state. President James Buchanan signs the English Bill introduced by William Hayden English. The English Bill was an offer made by the United States Congress to Kansas Territory. Kansas was offered some millions of acres of public lands in exchange for accepting the Lecompton Constitution which was a pro-slavery document focused on the Kansas Territory. Kansans voted against the pro-slavery constitution. It became clear after a territory wide vote, that the voters wanted Kansas to be a free state. With the free state faction firmly in control, the 1859 territorial legislature approved the convening of a fourth and final constitutional convention. This produced the Leavenworth Constitution
B. Monday, May 4, 1863 Battle of Salem Church AKA Banks Ford: Confederate Victory. At 7 a.m. on May 4, Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early division recaptured Marye's Heights then turned west until he arrived at Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick's VI Corps main lines, halting after coming under heavy fire. During the remainder of the morning, Early launched a series of uncoordinated attacks on Sedgwick's position, all of which were defeated. Gen Robert E. Lee arrived at Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws' division headquarters at 11 a.m.; when McLaws informed him that he did not feel strong enough to launch an attack and asked for reinforcements. MG Richard H. Anderson division was ordered to bring the other three brigades of his division and position them between McLaws and Early; he then launched additional attacks, which were also defeated.
Aftermath: After dark, Sedgwick sent Hooker a message recommending that the VI Corps retreat across the river. After Hooker sent his approval at 1 a.m., Sedgwick withdrew across two pontoon bridges at Banks' Ford, completing the retreat about 4 a.m. Hearing that Sedgwick had been repulsed, Hooker abandoned the entire campaign, recrossing the main body of the Union army on the night of May 5 into May 6 to the north bank of the Rappahannock River back towards the Federal camp at Falmouth.
C. Wednesday, May 4, 1864 Wilderness Campaign: Gen. Robert E. Lee orders Gen. Richard Ewell and the Second Corps to begin marching east on the Orange-Fredericksburg Turnpike, in a bid to interdict the Army of the Potomac on its march through the Wilderness. Gen. A.P. Hill and the Third Corps start moving east on the Orange Plank Road. Lee orders Longstreet to march north to Orange Court House, and then turn east, following Hill on the Orange Plank Hill.
The Army of the Potomac marches south, crossing the Rapidan at Germanna, Ely’s, and Culpeper Mine Ford. Hancock’s II Corps moves south from Ely’s Ford, while Gen. Warren’s V Corps moves south on the Germanna Plank Road, as Sedgwick’s VI Corps crosses the Rapidan after Warren, on the same road.
By late this evening, Hancock will be at the Chancellorsville crossroads; Warren will be at the Old Wilderness Tavern. James Wilson, with a division of Federal cavalry, will have taken Parker’s Store on the Orange Plank Road; Gen. Gregg has taken Piney Branch Church crossroads with another division of blue troopers. By nightfall, the two armies are only 2 miles apart.
D. Thursday, May 4, 1865: The day of Mr. Lincoln's Springfield funeral was a scorcher. At 10:00 A.M. the doors to the State House were closed, and Mr. Lincoln's body was prepared for burial by the undertaker and embalmer. The coffin was carried to an elegant hearse (finished in gold, silver, and crystal) lent to Springfield by the city of St. Louis. The procession was led by Major-General Joseph Hooker and followed a zigzag route from the State House, past Mr. Lincoln's home, past the Governor's Mansion, and onto the country road leading to Oak Ridge Cemetery. The hearse was followed immediately by Old Bob wearing a mourning blanket. Mr. Lincoln's only two blood relatives in attendance that day were his son, Robert, and his cousin, John Hanks. Mrs. Lincoln was still in mourning in the White House. The procession was the largest spectacle the Midwest had ever seen. Upon arrival at the cemetery, the coffin was laid upon the marble slab inside the tomb. Willie's little coffin was also placed inside the tomb. The funeral oration was given by Bishop Matthew Simpson who had been chosen over every other minister in the United States for this sad occasion. Simpson gave an extremely eloquent address. When Simpson was finished, Dr. Phineas Densmore Gurley read the benediction. The crowd then watched as the gates of iron and the heavy wooden doors of the tomb were closed and locked. It was over at last.
1. Sunday, May 4, 1862: In the morning around Yorktown, Union scouts discover that the Confederate trenches are empty, the quarters ablaze, and the Rebel army gone, before Gen. McClellan’s magnificent array of monster guns has fired a shot. Johnston and the Rebels retreat along 2 parallel roads that meet near Williamsburg, the old colonial capital of Virginia. McClellan sends nearly 50,000 troops in pursuit, who find that the Confederates have built substantial defenses there, including Fort Magruder. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his brigade deploy for action in the morning.
http://civilwarsesquicentdaily-wolfshield.blogspot.com/search?q=May+4%2C+1862
2. Monday, May 4, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia: General "Fighting Joe" Hooker's Army of the Potomac is defeated by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as it crosses the Rappahannock on the way to Richmond.
Union: 17,268; Confederate: 12,821
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3. Wednesday, May 4, 1863--- In Mississippi, Grant’s rapidly advancing troops advance to the Big Black River, at Hankinson’s Ferry, where Confederates take note of their presence. Messages are exchanged with Gen. Pemberton, and the Rebels are certain that the Federals will attempt to cross there, and make a strike directly at Vicksburg.
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4. Wednesday, May 4, 1863 --- Sergeant Alexander G. Downing, of the 11th Iowa Infantry Regiment, reflects the optimism amongst Grant’s men about the ongoing Vicksburg campaign: Monday, 4th—The Eighth, Twelfth and Thirty-fifth Iowa Regiments passed here today on their way to the front. They are all fine-looking men. I feel in hopes that Vicksburg will soon be in our hands. Our division is in the rear, most of the other troops having gone on ahead of us. Our army is in strong force at this place, and there is no danger of the rebels’ cavalry making a raid on the base of our commissary supplies here.
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5. Wednesday, May 4, 1863 --- George Templeton Strong, of New York City, records in his journal the talk on Wall Street about what has happened in the Chancellorsville battle, which has clearly been skewed with an optimistic spin: Morning papers tell us nothing, but at ten A.M. the boys are shrieking an extra Tribune. . . . Our left across the Rappahannock, occupying Fredericksburg, and the “first line” of works behind it (carried with little loss) and “feeling its way” toward a hypothetical “second line.” Our right (and our centre, also, I suppose) at a one-house village called Chancellorsville, around which there was battle. The traitor General Lee held the works behind Fredericksburg with only a rear-guard and had thrown himself in force on Hooker in Chancellorsville or thereabouts. Stoneman is believed to have cut the railroad line behind the rebel army. Is so, Lee’s position is most critical. He is likely to be destroyed, unless he gain a decisive victory over our superior force. . . . The common talk was that we are doing well, and that Hooker has executed a splendid bit of strategy, with great promise of decisive success. Many expect the annihilation of Lee’s army, but the majority are more reasonable. . . . But croakers think Hooker will be cut up, that he has been enticed into a trap and fights with the river behind him. . . . We have had about two hundred and fifty rumors good and bad, all of them “authentic.”
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6. Wednesday, May 4, 1864: The final Spring Campaign of the Civil War began as the Army of the Potomac crossed the Rapidan River in Virginia and three smaller armies (Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland) pushed deeper into Georgia.
http://blueandgraytrail.com/date/May_4
7. Wednesday, May 4, 1864 --- William Meade Dame of the Richmond Howitzers narrates what happened on this day of the Wilderness campaign as he and the men of his battery marched on: On the next day but one, the 4th, about 10 o’clock, another courier galloped into camp, and, in a few moments, everybody having seen him, all the men had swarmed up to the Captain’s tent to hear the first news. Captain McCarthy came toward us and said, very quietly, “Boys, get ready! we leave here in two hours.” Then the courier told us that “Grant was crossing below us in the wilderness. That everything we had was pushing down to meet him; and that Longstreet, lately back from Tennessee, was at Gordonsville.” The news telling was here interrupted by Crouch sounding the familiar bugle call—“Boots and saddles,” which, to artillery ears, said, “Harness up, hitch up and prepare to move at a moment’s warning.” . . . All was quickly ready, and then we waited for orders to move.
It was with a feeling of sadness we thought of leaving this spot! . . . While we waited, after each had bidden a sad “good-bye” to his house, and its endeared surroundings, it was suggested that we gather once more, for a last meeting in our log church. . . .
So, we all instantly seized on the motion, to gather in the church. A hymn was sung, a prayer offered for God’s protection in the perils we well knew, we were about to meet. That He would help us to be brave men, and faithful unto death, as Southern soldiers; that He would give victory to our arms, and peace to our Country. A Scripture passage, the 91st Psalm, declaring God’s defense of those who trust Him, was read. And then, our “talk meeting.” It was resolved that “during the coming campaign, every evening, about sunset, whenever it was at all possible, we would keep up our custom, and such of us as could get together, wherever we might be, should gather for prayer.” . . . After another hymn, and a closing prayer, we all shook hands, and then, we took a regretful leave of our dear little Church, and wended our way, quiet and thoughtful, to the road where we found the guns standing, all ready to go. . . . Pretty soon the command—“Forward!” rang from the head of the line. We fell in alongside our respective guns. . . . We tramped along cheerily until about dark, when we bivouacked on the side of the road, with orders to start at daylight next morning. . . .
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8. Wednesday, May 4, 1864 --- At David’s Ferry on the Red River in Louisiana, Confederate troops destroy a Federal steamer and capture two more, as Admiral Porter is less able to protect his river flotilla.
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9. Wednesday, May 4, 1864 --- Over President Lincoln’s objections, the U.S. House of Representatives passes the Wade-Davis Reconstruction Bill, which lays out severe and retaliatory measures for punishing the South after the war.
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10. Wednesday, May 4, 1864: The radical Wade-Davis Reconstruction Act passes in the U. S. House.
http://blueandgraytrail.com/date/May_4
11. Thursday, May 4, 1865: General Richard Taylor [CS] surrenders the remaining troops in Alabama and Mississippi based on an agreement signed two days earlier
http://blueandgraytrail.com/date/May_4
A May 4, 1858: President James Buchanan signs the English Bill introduced by William Hayden English. The English Bill was an offer made by the United States Congress to Kansas Territory. Kansas was offered some millions of acres of public lands in exchange for accepting the Lecompton Constitution which was a pro-slavery document focused on the Kansas Territory. It became clear after a territory wide vote, that the voters wanted Kansas to be a free state. With the free state faction firmly in control, the 1859 territorial legislature approved the convening of a fourth and final constitutional convention. This produced the Leavenworth Constitution.
A+ May 4, 1858 background: The English Bill was an offer made by the United States Congress to Kansas Territory.[when?] Kansas was offered some millions of acres of public lands in exchange for accepting the Lecompton Constitution.
The English Bill was introduced by William Hayden English (1822–1896), a Democratic representative in Congress from 1853 to 1861. The bill itself was not a bribe to the degree that it is usually considered to be, as it reduced the grant of land demanded by the Lecompton Ordinance from 23,500,000 to 3,500,000 acres (951,000,000 to 142,000,000 km²), and offered only the normal cession to new states. This grant, however, was conditioned on the acceptance of the Lecompton Constitution, and Congress made no promise of any grant if that Constitution were not adopted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Bill
A++ May 4, 1858 background: While the proslavery party prepared to draft its Lecompton constitution, Kansans held an election on October 5, 1857, for members of a new free state legislature, which was called into special session by Governor Frederick P. Stanton on December 7. Legislators scheduled another election on the Lecompton Constitution for January 4, 1858. This time the voters overwhelmingly rejected the proslavery document and, subsequently, authorized yet another constitutional convention. Despite this show of support for a "free" Kansas, President Buchanan submitted the Lecompton document to Congress on February 2 and recommended that Kansas be admitted as a slave state. Many Northern Democrats split with their party's president on this issue. Subsequently, the Senate voted for admission and the House for resubmission. A compromise—the English bill, providing for an up or down vote on the constitution in Kansas Territory—passed both houses on April 30, 1858. The Lecompton Constitution was rejected on August 2, 1858, by a vote of 1,926 to 11,812.
While the debate shifted to the national scene, delegates for the territory's third constitutional convention were elected on March 9 and assembled in Leavenworth on March 25, 1858. Although similar to the Topeka Constitution, the Leavenworth document was more radical. The word "white" did not appear in this proposed document, and it would not have excluded free "Negroes and mulattoes" from the state. The Leavenworth Constitution was ratified on May 18, 1858. But serious efforts on its behalf ended with the defeat of the Lecompton document in August.
https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-constitutions/16532
B Monday, May 4, 1863. The Battle of Salem Church, also known as the Battle of Banks' Ford, took place on May 3 and 4, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, as part of the Chancellorsville Campaign
After occupying Marye's Heights on May 3, following the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick's VI Corps of about 23,000 men marched out on the Orange Plank Road with the objective of reaching his superior Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's force at Chancellorsville. He was delayed by Brig. Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox's brigade of Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early's force during the afternoon of May 3 before halting at Salem Church.
After receiving word of Sedgwick's breakthrough at Fredericksburg, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee detached the division of Lafayette McLaws from the Chancellorsville lines and marched them to Salem Church. McLaws's division arrived at Wilcox's position around Salem Church shortly after noon, reinforced by William Mahone's brigade of Richard H. Anderson's division.
At 7 a.m. on May 4, Early recaptured Marye's Heights then turned west until he arrived at Sedgwick's main lines, halting after coming under heavy fire. During the remainder of the morning, Early launched a series of uncoordinated attacks on Sedgwick's position, all of which were defeated. Lee arrived at McLaws' headquarters at 11 a.m.; when McLaws informed him that he did not feel strong enough to launch an attack and asked for reinforcements. Anderson was ordered to bring the other three brigades of his division and position them between McLaws and Early; he then launched additional attacks, which were also defeated.
After dark, Sedgwick sent Hooker a message recommending that the VI Corps retreat across the river. After Hooker sent his approval at 1 a.m., Sedgwick withdrew across two pontoon bridges at Banks' Ford, completing the retreat about 4 a.m. Hearing that Sedgwick had been repulsed, Hooker abandoned the entire campaign, recrossing the main body of the Union army on the night of May 5 into May 6 to the north bank of the Rappahannock River back towards the Federal camp at Falmouth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salem_Church
B+ Monday, May 4, 1863 Battle of Banks Ford: Wilcox's Brigade of Early's Division stops the Union IV Army Corps with a position around rural Salem Church. Sedgwick decided to withdraw to the north when Lee reinforces Wilcox with two divisions and Early moves on Sedgwick's rear.
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B++ Wednesday, May 4, 1863--- Battle of Salem Church, Day 2 – The fighting that began the day before midway between Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg continues today. Confident that Hooker will not dare attack, Lee takes a risk and sends reinforcements to the force blocking Sedgwick’s VI Corps of Federals here. Gen. Jubal Early, out beyond Sedgwick’s left flank, sends John B. Gordon’s brigade smashing into the Union left. Sedgwick pulls this flank back, and bends it back toward the river, thus severing his connection with Fredericksburg and his base at Falmouth. The Federal line was now in a u-shape, protecting the fords across the Rappahannock. Early’s subsequent attacks are less effective, however, and in spite of reinforcements from Anderson’s division, the Confederate assault loses steam. Sedgwick, faced with a force half his size, has allowed himself to be pushed out of the game altogether. After dark, Sedgwick withdraws his troops across the Rappahannock. Confederate Victory. Losses: U.S. 4,611 C.S. 4,935
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C Wednesday, May 4, 1864 --- Gen. Lee orders Gen. Richard Ewell and the Second Corps to begin marching east on the Orange-Fredericksburg Turnpike, in a bid to interdict the Army of the Potomac on its march through the Wilderness. Gen. A.P. Hill and the Third Corps start moving east on the Orange Plank Road. Lee orders Longstreet to march north to Orange Court House, and then turn east, following Hill on the Orange Plank Hill. By nightfall, the two armies are only 2 miles apart.
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C+ Wednesday, May 4, 1864 --- Overland Campaign: The Army of the Potomac marches south, crossing the Rapidan at Germanna, Ely’s, and Culpeper Mine Ford. Hancock’s II Corps moves south from Ely’s Ford, while Gen. Warren’s V Corps moves south on the Germanna Plank Road, as Sedgwick’s VI Corps crosses the Rapidan after Warren, on the same road. (See map.) By late this evening, Hancock will be at the Chancellorsville crossroads; Warren will be at the Old Wilderness Tavern. James Wilson, with a division of Federal cavalry, will have taken Parker’s Store on the Orange Plank Road; Gen. Gregg has taken Piney Branch Church crossroads with another division of blue troopers.
D Thursday, May 4, 1865: The day of Mr. Lincoln's Springfield funeral was a scorcher. At 10:00 A.M. the doors to the State House were closed, and Mr. Lincoln's body was prepared for burial by the undertaker and embalmer. The coffin was carried to an elegant hearse (finished in gold, silver, and crystal) lent to Springfield by the city of St. Louis. The procession was led by Major-General Joseph Hooker and followed a zigzag route from the State House, past Mr. Lincoln's home, past the Governor's Mansion, and onto the country road leading to Oak Ridge Cemetery. The hearse was followed immediately by Old Bob wearing a mourning blanket. Mr. Lincoln's only two blood relatives in attendance that day were his son, Robert, and his cousin, John Hanks. Mrs. Lincoln was still in mourning in the White House. The procession was the largest spectacle the Midwest had ever seen. Upon arrival at the cemetery, the coffin was laid upon the marble slab inside the tomb. Willie's little coffin was also placed inside the tomb. The funeral oration was given by Bishop Matthew Simpson who had been chosen over every other minister in the United States for this sad occasion. Simpson gave an extremely eloquent address. When Simpson was finished, Dr. Phineas Densmore Gurley read the benediction. The crowd then watched as the gates of iron and the heavy wooden doors of the tomb were closed and locked. It was over at last.
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What was the most significant event on May 4 during the U.S. Civil War?

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