

Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. – Mary Amelia Ingalls is born in the “Little House in the Big Woods” outside of Pepin, Wisconsin. Laura refers to this conflict in Pioneer Girl.ġ863 – English author Charles Kingsley publishes the classic children’s book, The Water Babies.ġ863 – Charles and Caroline settle on a farm in Pepin County, Wisconsin.ġ865 – English author Lewis Carroll publishes the children’s classic, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. As punishment, on December 26, 1863, 38 American Indian men are hanged, the largest public execution in American history. – Four Santee Dakota men kill five settlers in Minnesota and trigger a six-week conflict that claims the lives of 400-600 white settlers and soldiers.


– Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter in South Carolina, launching the American Civil War. – Charles Ingalls marries Caroline Quiner in Concord, Wisconsin. – Almanzo James Wilder is born to James and Angeline Day Wilder on a farm near Malone, New York. – Caroline Lake Quiner is born to Henry Newton Quiner and Charlotte Quiner in Brookfield Township, Wisconsin. – Charles Phillip Ingalls is born to Lansford Whiting Ingalls and Laura Louise Ingalls in Cuba, New York.ġ838 – Samuel Morse invents Morse code which is still in use today.
