[Sherman Logan]

the District of Columbia Emancipation Proclamation was signed April 16, 1862, not in March.

You are correct, sir. Though I can't really consider it a serious discrepancy. :)

I will modify my timeline accordingly.

the Act included $100,000 for sending former slaves to Liberia if they wished to go

Actually, it provided $100 to be paid to each ex-slave that agreed to emigrate, to Liberia, Haiti, or wherever.

It also provided up to $300 per slave as compensation to his previous owner. This was the only compensated emancipation law ever passed in the USA.

Interestingly, Lincoln had proposed a compensated emancipation law for DC when he was a congressman back in the 40s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Compensated_Emancipation_Act

[achilles2000]

I wasn’t meaning to suggest that it was anything other than a detail. But, it seemed to me that since you had gone to the trouble of putting the timeline together, which was probably no little work, I might as well offer a small suggestion.