John C. Frémont Timeline of Events

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John C. Frémont

John Charles Frémont , was an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, that era's penny press accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder...

Timeline of Events

1847

1.16.1847

John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.

1848

1.31.1848

John C. Fremont is court-martialed on grounds of mutiny and disobeying orders.

1861

11.2.1861

American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.