” 20—Corinth, Miss., evacuated by Southern troops.
” 23—Gen. Hood surrenders his command in the Southern army to Gen. Taylor.
” 28—Gen. Breckenridge becomes Confederate Sec. of War.
” 29—Southern Commissioners seek an interview with President Lincoln at Fortress Monroe, in the interest of Peace. They failed to make any satisfactory terms.
” 31—Joint resolution of Congress to amend the U. S. Constitution abolishing slavery (14th Amendment).
Feb.—Nine States ratify the Constitutional Amendment in this month.
” 5—Grant suffers a repulse at Hatcher’s Run. Loss 2,000 men.
” 17—Columbia, S. C., accidentally burned on its evacuation by Southern troops. A Confederate dollar (paper) worth but two cents in Richmond, Va.
” 18—Union troops take possession of Charleston, S. C., as a result of Sherman’s march from Savannah north-eastward toward Richmond. Many buildings in Charleston burned in the destruction of Confederate stores by the retiring army.
Gen. Lee in favor of arming the negroes for the defense of the South. It is declined by the Confederate government, until too late.