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August 3
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1861
Off the coast of Virginia a Union naval officer ascends in a tethered balloon to look at Confederate controlled Hampton Roads. It is the first balloon ascent from a ship in naval history
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August 3
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1864
August 23
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1864
Battle of Mobile Bay
Alabama
David Farragut
Gordon Granger
Battle of Mobile Bay
August 3
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1864
Gordon Granger lands on Dauphin Island and invests Fort Gaines, one of two forts defending Mobile
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Siege of Petersburg
April 12
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1861
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1865
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1862
Northern Virginia Campaign - sometimes just called the Virginia Campaign.
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