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Gold mining in Montana began during the Civil War; gold placer deposits were discovered at Bannack in 1862. The resulting gold rush resulted in more placer discoveries, including those at Virginia City in 1863 and at Helena and Butte in 1864. [4] Gold from the Montana gold mines went to both sides of the conflict. [5]
Great Sioux War of 1876 18 United States of America vs Lakota & Cheyenne Battle of the Big Hole: August 9–10, 1877 Beaverhead County: Nez Perce War: 118 [4] United States of America vs Nez Perce & Palouse: Battle of Canyon Creek: September 13, 1877 near Billings: Nez Perce War 7 United States of America & Crow vs Nez Perce Battle of Bear Paw
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
Thomas Dimsdale began publication of Montana's first newspaper, the Montana Post, in Virginia City on August 27, 1864. [12] Montana's first public school was established in Virginia City in March 1866. [13] Gilbert Brewery, Wallace Street, Virginia City, founded in 1866 by Henry S. Gilbert (1833-1902) [14]
A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America. Edited by Gary W. Gallagher. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2001. ISBN 1-57003-450-8. Gallagher, Gary W., ed. The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. Military Campaigns of the Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
Map of the Battles of Bull Run Near Manassas. Solomon Bamberger. Zoomable high-resolution map. Newspaper coverage of the First Battle of Bull Run Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine; Manassas Civil War 150th Anniversary July 21–24, 2011 at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2011-05-05) Texts on Wikisource: Guernsey, Alfred ...
The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001. ISBN 0-8117-2868-4. U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Civil War Trails, Henrico County
February 7 – Virginia City, Montana becomes the second capital of Montana Territory [38] March 24 – Congress authorizes the Blackfoot Treaty of 1865 (signed in October at Fort Benton, Montana ) by which the Blackfoot tribes ceded all lands south of the Missouri and Teton rivers and west of the Milk river to the Rocky Mountains to the U.S ...