. A school history of the United States. y 3rd, Con-federates victorious. 1864, Battles before Atlanta, Ga., July 20, 22, 28, Federals vic-torious. 1864, Atlanta captured by the Federals, September 2nd—Con-federates evacuate. 1864, Battles of Winchester and Fishers Hill, Va., September19th and 22nd—Confederates victorious. 1864, Battles of Cedar Creek. Va., October 18th and 19th—alter-nate victories. 1864, Nevada admitted as the 36th State, October 31st. 1864, Sherman starts on his March to the Sea, November 16tli. NATIONAL PERIOD. 159 1864, Sherman takes Fort McAllister, Ga., December 16th. 1
. A school history of the United States. y 3rd, Con-federates victorious. 1864, Battles before Atlanta, Ga., July 20, 22, 28, Federals vic-torious. 1864, Atlanta captured by the Federals, September 2nd—Con-federates evacuate. 1864, Battles of Winchester and Fishers Hill, Va., September19th and 22nd—Confederates victorious. 1864, Battles of Cedar Creek. Va., October 18th and 19th—alter-nate victories. 1864, Nevada admitted as the 36th State, October 31st. 1864, Sherman starts on his March to the Sea, November 16tli. NATIONAL PERIOD. 159 1864, Sherman takes Fort McAllister, Ga., December 16th. 1864, LincolQ re-elected, November. 1864, Savannah, Ga., taken by Sherman, December. 1864, Battle of Nashville, Tenu., December 15-16th—Federals victorious. 1865, Federals successful in battles before Richmond, April , Petersburg and Richmond evacuated, April 2d-3d. 1865, Lees Army surrenders to Grant, April 9th.—War , The Other Confederate Armies surrender, April—, Jefferson Davis captured. May 160 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. SECTION V. FROM THE CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR TO THE PRESENT TIME. 1865—1877. JOHNSONS ADMINISTRATION. 1865—1869. 1, Lincolns Assassination.—On the night of April 14th, 1865,while sitting in a private box of a theatre, in Washington,President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth,who sprang to the box occupied by the President, and shot liim inthe head. Booth then escaped by a back way and tied. He wasafterward found, and, refusing to give himself up, he was killed.^-His accomplices were said to have been Harrold, Payne,Atzerott, Arnold, Mudd, McLaughlin and Mrs. Surratt ;the first three and Mrs. Surratt were tried, convicted and hanged ;the others were condemned to imprisonment for life on the Tor-tugas Islands (south of Florida), but have since been liberated. Attempts were also made to assassinate William H. Seward,Secretary of State, but they failed, though he was severely stabbed. The tragic fat
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