Frémont was born on January 21, 1813, in Georgia. He was only a boy when his father died. His family then moved to Charleston, South Carolina. There, he attended the College of Charleston and developed a talent for mathematics.
Frémont was aided by people who were well connected. Prominent South Carolina politician Joel R. Poinsett helped him get a position as a mathematics teacher aboard a U.S. Navy ship. Frémont then worked on a railroad survey between South Carolina and Ohio.
By 1838, Poinsett was the U.S. secretary of War. He arranged for Frémont to get an army commission as second lieutenant in the U.S. Topographical Corps. Frémont joined an expedition led by French scientist Joseph Nicolas Nicollet. They were sent to survey and map the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Nicollet was skilled in the fields of geology, topography, and astronomy. He shared his knowledge with Frémont, who discovered he enjoyed wilderness surveying.
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Putting the Pieces Together
Americans needed to begin to put the past behind them, come together, and plan for the future in the spring of 1865. But Abraham Lincoln, the man best equipped to lead them and who had hoped to restore the country as smoothly and peacefully as possible, had been assassinated.
LAST SHOTS
The last Confederate forces in the Civil War didn’t surrender in the spring of 1865 or on a battlefield.
AND IN OTHER 1865 NEWS
A group of African Americans stop at the White House’s annual public reception on January 1, where they shake hands with President Abraham Lincoln.
A Plot to Kill President the
For several months, actor John Wilkes Booth’s band of conspirators had plotted to capture President Abraham Lincoln and hold him hostage in exchange for Confederate prisoners.
Let the Thing Be Pressed
In June 1864, Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant began a nearly 10-month campaign in Virginia.
HEALING THE NATION
President Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for the second time on March 4, 1865.
A Helping Hand
The spring season is hard in any agricultural society. Plants and animals are too small to eat.
WAR SHERMAN-STYLE
As far as Union Major General William T. Sherman was concerned, the Civil War had gone on long enough.
PEACE TALKS
The fall of Fort Fisher made clear that the Confederacy’s days were numbered. Southerners were tired and hungry.
FORT FISHER'S FALL
Outnumbered Confederate soldiers inside Fort Fisher were unable to withstand the approach of Union troops by land and the constant Union naval bombardment from the sea.
