| 1831/11/19 |
Eliza Garfield, wife of Abram Garfield, gives birth to a son, James Abram Garfield, in a log cabin in Orange Township, now Moreland Hills, Ohio. |
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President James Garfield Birthplace Cabin |
Moreland Hills, OH |
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| 1858/11/11 |
Lucretia Rudolph marries James Garfield at the home of the bride's parents in Hiram, Ohio. |
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Hiram |
Ohio |
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Marriage of Lucretia Rudolph and James Garfield |
| 1861/00/00 |
James A Garfield lives on Hinsdale St c 1857-1861 while principal of the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, now Hiram College. |
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James A Garfield House |
Hiram |
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| 1861/06/19 |
Passed a restful day with manifest betterment in (Lucretia's) strength.... The work and worry of Washington seem very far away .... I have always felt the ocean was my friend and the sight of it brings rest and peace. JAG diary entry |
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Long Branch |
New Jersey |
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| 1862/01/00 |
Sworn in by Squire Charles of Pike County, Col James Garfield is commissioned a Brigadier General in the Union Army. A historical marker is located in the city park off Huffman Avenue in Pikeville, Kentucky. |
Union commander |
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Huffman Avenue Historic District |
Pikeville |
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| 1862/01/10 |
Garfield's Headquarters for 10 days following the Battle of Middle Creek |
Union commander |
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Garfield Place |
Prestonsburg |
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Battle of Middle Creek |
| 1862/01/10 |
Confederate forces battle Union forces in Eastern Kentucky |
Union commander |
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Middle Creek Battlefield |
Prestonsburg |
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Battle of Middle Creek |
| 1863/09/00 |
William Rosecrans and his chief of staff James Garfield stay with the James Lee's in Chickamauga. |
Military Chief of Staff |
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Lee and Gordon Mill |
Chickamauga |
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| 1876/00/00 |
Garfield home 1876-1881 |
Home |
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James A Garfield National Historic Site |
Mentor |
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| 1877/00/00 |
James Garfield enjoys his first Southern Mint Julep on the front gallery of Oakleigh mansion. |
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Oakleigh House Museum |
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Mint Julep |
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| 1881/03/04 |
Inaugural Ball for President James Garfield and Vice President Chester A Arthur is held at the National Museum decorated with 2 electric lights, 3,000 gas lights, festive bunting, state flags and seals and a colossal "Statue of America". |
US President |
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Arts and Industries Building |
Washington, DC |
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Invention of Gas Lighting |
| 1881/06/00 |
James A Garfield attends services St James Protestant Episcopal Chapel in Long Branch, New Jersey. |
Congregant |
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Church of the Presidents |
Long Branch |
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| 1881/07/02 |
Charles J Guiteau, a disgruntled office-seeker, shoots Garfield twice in the back as James Blaine and the President walk through Baltimore and Potomac Railroad's 6th St Station in Washington (Built 1873, razed 1908). |
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Washington, DC |
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Assassination of James Garfield |
| 1881/07/26 |
Alex Bell uses a metal detector of his own invention to try find the bullet in Garfield. He was unsuccessful due, in part, to interference from Garfield's metal bed and Dr D Willard Bliss insistence of only examining the President's right side. |
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The White House |
Washington, DC |
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Assassination of James Garfield |
| 1881/09/19 |
James A Garfield dies in the Francklyn Cottage (lost), at Elberon by the sea, from infection and blood poisoning, complications from his gunshot wounds. |
Died |
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Long Branch |
New Jersey |
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Assassination of James Garfield |
| 1890/05/30 |
James A Garfield Memorial is dedicated. |
In Memoriam |
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James A Garfield Memorial |
Cleveland |
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