March 31- Leah
Marie Quantrill arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming using the alias of Leah
Hart. Launches scheme to join the United States Army at Fort Shoshone.
April 7 - Major James Davis, commander of Fort Sitka, calls for an emergency meeting of all of General Anderson's District Commanders.
April 8 -
Leah Quantrill enlists in the army at Fort Shoshone. Following a
marksmanship test, which she passes with flying colors, she is
commissioned Second Lieutenant Leah Hart, US Army, Territorial Police,
by Major Kenneth Mark Bassett, CO at Fort Shoshone.
April 22 -
When her true identity is discovered, Second Lieutenant Hart deserts.
She is re-commissioned five days later as Leah Quantrill.
May 1 - Citizens
of Sitka gather at Northern Lights Hall. A vote of 198-2 in favor of
forming the Republic of Alaska takes place. Aleksander Chesnikov is
elected Governor of the new republic on a voice vote.
May 1 - Commanders
of the Military Districts under General Anderson meet at Fort Sitka. A
vote is taken to form a new government called the Republic of Ansdale.
It is approved 11-0. Major James Davis is appointed interim Prime
Minister.
May 1 -
Republican Troops seize Fort Tongass, Fort Wrangell, and Baranov's
Castle. Other troops occupy the abandoned forts Fort Kenai and St.
Paul's Island and Fort Kodiak. Captain John B. Campbell, Military
Governor of Alaska, is arrested and detained at Fort Sitka. An arrest
warrant is sworn against Jefferson C. Davis.
May 2 -
The Republic of Ansdale is is officially inaugurated at a ceremony at
Sitka. A Declaration of Independence entitled "A Proclamation to The
People of The West" is officially adopted by citizens at Northern Lights
Hall that evening.
May 7 - Nevada becomes the first State west of the Mississippi to Secede from The Union.
May 8 -
President Ulysses S. Grant meets with his cabinet in Emergency Session
to determine a course of action regarding Nevada and the newly
proclaimed Republic of Ansdale. After careful deliberation it is decided
to take no military action against Nevada and to invite the Republic of
Ansdale to a Peace Conference.
May 9 - Iowa secedes from the Union, giving the Republic access to the Mississippi River and the Ansdale or Missouri River.
May 12 -
The 28th Iowa seizes the U.S. Arsenal at Rock Island on the Mississippi
River, Due to the fact that it is only guarded by a small caretaker
force it is surrendered without a shot.
May 12 - Texas secedes from the United States and proclaims itself , for the third time in its history, The Republic of Texas.
May 14 -
Governor Cushman K. Davis of Minnesota calls for the election of
delegates to an assembly to decide the State's relation as to secession.
May 20 -
First Washington peace conference begins. After letters of introduction
are accepted, Republican ambassadors demand the United States
relinquish control of all lands, armories, mints, Indian Reservations,
and military garrisons west of the Mississippi River.
May 22 - Agents of the Republic of Ansdale purchase the steamer Santa Ana at Galveston and convert it to a cruiser.
May 23 -
Peace conference adjourns with the republic gaining control of all
Indian Reservations but no other concessions. Representatives from both
sides agree to a second meeting.
May 24 -
Western Executives meet at the hastily called Convention of Territorial
Governors being convened in Cheyenne. The Governors of Arizona,
Colorado, Dakota, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Washington and Wyoming are in
attendance. New Mexico's governor has declined to attend, citing poor
health, but has sent a proxy who is not allowed to vote. The stated
agenda: To form a proper response to an impending Civil War caused by
the secession of Nevada, Iowa and Texas.
May 27 -
The forts under the command of General Anderson are officially placed
under the command of The Republic of Ansdale. Fort Ansdale is designated
the temporary location of the War Department and General Anderson is
made provisional Minister Of War. A Golden Uniform is authorized. The
military forces of the Republic are organized into three "Armies": The
Army of the Plains, The Army of The West, and the Army of The North.
May 28 -
The Convention of Territorial Governors is given the new agenda of
Either supporting the new republic, supporting Washington, or attempting
to remain neutral. Governor John Thayer of Wyoming casts his vote with
the Republic, and goes further by proclaiming the Independent Republic
of Wyoming.
June 1 - Dakota Territory proclaims itself "The Sovereign and Independent Republic of Dakota".
June 2 -
The CTG concludes with a joint declaration of support, vowing support
and assistance to the cause of the new republic, and calling on
Washington to quickly recognize the existence of the Republic as an
independent nation, thereby assuring peaceful co-existence.
June 3 - The
Minnesota Secession Convention adopts a declaration of secession by a
vote of 335-165. Governor Cushman K. Davis affixes his signature.
June 6 - Colorado declares itself a free and sovereign republic
June 8 - Nebraska secedes from the Union
June 9 - Missouri Secedes from the Union, giving the Republic control of the Missouri River at its outlet with the Mississippi.
June 10 -
President Ulysses S. Grant, in emergency session with his cabinet,
orders a Blockade of the Texas coast. It is hoped that the action will
scare the new republic, now consisting of Six States, Three Territories
and Alaska, to be scared into submission.
June 10 -
The Republic of Ansdale declares its initial objective: Fort
Leavenworth, gateway to the West. The First Republican Cavalry is
dispatched to Fort Pawnee in Nebraska, the nearest Republican outpost.
- June 11 - Agents of The Republic of Ansdale
purchase the British Steamer Lord Nelson in Vancouver. The ship is taken
to Fort Bering to retrofit.
- June 14 - Second Washington Peace
Conference. The ambassadors reiterate their demands for control of all
lands, armories, and mints. They also demand an end to the Texas
Blockade.
- June 15 - The 1st Republican Cavalry arrives at Fort Pawnee, accompanied by two compoanies of the First Wyoming Republican Infantry and on battery of the 1st Republican Artillery. Due to the lack of space at Pawnee, the additional troops (approximately 350 in number), are forced to live in tents on the parade.
- June 17 - Representatives from the United States, in an attempt to keep peace negotiations on track, cede eight forts: Fort Ripley, MN; Fort Bridger, WY; Fort Kearny, NE; Fort Craig, NM; Fort Rice, ND; Camp Supply, Indian Territory (OK); Fort Richardson, TX; Fort Benton, MT. It is an empty gesture. Four are abandoned or scheduled to be soon. There are three plums in the mix (Benton, Supply, Craig). The gift is accepted by the Republic, but a list of additional forts is submitted: Camp Apache, AZ, Fort Boise, ID; Fort Snelling, MN; Fort Abraham Lincoln, ND; Fort Sill, Indian Territory (OK); Fort Townsend, WA; Camp Brown, WY; Fort Robinson, NE.
- June 17- Captains Leah Quantrill and Katherine Anderson meet with Thomas Andrew Osborn, the Governor of Kansas. It is a social call with the purpose of asking the Governor to pursue a course of secession for Kansas.
- June 18- The Second "peace conference" adjourns. The ambassadors of the Republic are disappointed with the results, but they agree to meet again in two months.
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