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Emancipation Proclamation signed (1863)
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Mississippi and Alabama State Conventions meet to discuss secession (1861)
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Jacob Thompson of Mississippi, Secretary of the Interior and the last Southerner in the Cabinet, resigns (1861)
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Engagement of Post of Arkansas (Fort Hindman), Arkansas (1863)
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Post of Arkansas (Fort Hindman) surrenders (1863)
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Skirmish at Lick Creek, Arkansas (1863)
Francis Preston Blair, Sr., attempts, unsuccessfully, to negotiate peace with Jefferson Davis (1865)
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Birthday of Salmon Portland Chase, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the war (1808)
Second attack on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, begins and lasts 3 days (1865)
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Federal troops move to occupy Fort Taylor at Key West, Florida, to prevent it from being seized by state forces (1861)
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Edwin M. Stanton confirmed as U.S. Secretary of War (1862)
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Crittendon Compromise killed in the U.S. Senate (1861)
Edwin M. Stanton takes over as U.S. Secretary of War (1862)
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President Lincoln signed a resolution for immediate payment of Federal troops and calling for currency reform (1863)
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Confederate territory of Arizona formed (1862)
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Birthday of Confederate General Robert Edward Lee (1807)
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Birthday of Confederate General Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson (1824)
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Union General Ambrose Burnside's mud march ends in failure (1863)
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Joseph E. Johnston placed in command of Confederate forces opposing Sherman's march through the Carolinas (1865)
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U.S. Major General Joseph Hooker replaces Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac (1863)
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Birthday of Confederate General George Edward Pickett (1825)
Birthday of Confederate General Thomas Carmichael Hindman (1828)
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Robert Edward Lee named General-in-Chief of all Confederate armies (1865)
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