CHRONOLOGY OF HENRY VILLARD
| 1835. | April 10. Born at Speyer, Rhenish Bavaria. |
| 1839. | Home in Zweibrücken. |
| 1849-50. At school in Phalsbourg, Lorraine. | |
| 1850-52. At the gymnasium in Speyer. | |
| 1852-53. Studies at Munich and Würzburg. | |
| 1853. | August (September ?). Sails from Hamburg for America. — October 18. Lands in New York. November 18. — Western wanderings begun. |
| 1854. | Christmas. At Belleville, Illinois. |
| 1855. | At Belleville and Peoria, Illinois. |
| 1856-57. Edits Volksblatt at Racine, Wisconsin. | |
| 1857-58. Teaches a district school at Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. | |
| 1858. | Reports Lincoln-Douglas debates in Illinois. |
| 1859. | Visits Denver and Cherry Creek, Colorado. |
| 1860-61. Reporter for the Associated Press at Springfield, Illinois. | |
| 1861. | February. Accompanies Lincoln and Presidential party to New York. — Founds news syndicate in Washington, and becomes telegraphic correspondent there of the New York Herald. — July 21. Witnesses first battle of Bull Run. Sent by the Herald to Kentucky. |
| 1862. | Visits Fort Donelson immediately after its capture by General Grant (February 16). — Enters Nashville before General Buell. — Reaches Pittsburg Landing at close of first day's fighting, April 6; witnesses that of the second day, and the subsequent occupation of Corinth, May 30. — Witnesses Perryville campaign and battle, October 8. — Becomes Washington war correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune. — Witnesses battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, and brings the first tidings to Washington. |
| 1863. | Sent to Port Royal by the Tribune, and witnesses Dupont's engagement of the Charleston forts from on board the New Ironsides, April 7. — First visit to Boston. Sent to Murfreesboro by the Tribune to report Rosecrans's operations. — Disabled by fever, and misses the battle of Chickamauga (September 19, 20). |
| 1864. | Organizes news agency in Washington, and joins Grant's army in the Wilderness in May, and brings to Washington the first tidings of the battles there. — Witnesses explosion of the mine at Petersburg, July 30. — To Europe; reunion with his father. — Winter in Munich. |
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