Civil War Day-By-Day

May 15, 1861

• Robert Anderson promoted to Brigadier General
• Nathaniel Lyons [US] occupies Jefferson City, capital of Missouri
• The First Wheeling Convention closes.

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Governor of Maryland issued a proclamation calling for four regiments of volunteers, in response to the President’s demand.
• Legislature of Massachusetts offered to loan the Government $7,000,000.
• Wheeling Convention adjourned after passing resolutions in favor of the Union and recommending a division of the State of Virginia.

1. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863