Timeline (Rout at the Monocacy)


 * July 9, 1864&mdash;Battle of the Monocacy; A small Union contingent is defeated in about an hour.
 * July 12-17, 1864&mdash;Battle of Washington; Washington is taken by the Confederacy after heavy fighting and casualties for both sides.
 * July 14, 1864&mdash;Union government evacuates to New York.
 * July 25, 1864&mdash;Union and Confederate representatives meet in St. Louis to discuss a treaty; ceasefire is declared on all fronts.
 * August 29, 1864&mdash;Horatio Seymour is nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate.
 * November 8, 1864&mdash;Abraham Lincoln is overwhelmingly defeated in the presidential elections, 202-32, with Seymour taking every state except Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, and West Virginia.
 * January 11, 1865&mdash;The Treaty of St. Louis is signed, giving US recognition to the Confederacy, and placing the border states under joint military control until a referendum is held.
 * March 4, 1865&mdash;Horatio Seymour is sworn in as President of the United States. His inaugaural address is one of reconciliation with the newly-independent Southerners.