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Civil War Timeline Chronology for February 14
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February 14 , 1824
Congressional caucus nominates William Crawford for President.
Election of 1824
William H. Crawford
February 14 , 1851
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad receives a charter to build the Northwestern Virginia Railroad from Grafton to Parkersburg.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
February 14 , 1859
Oregon enters the United States as a free state
Oregon
February 14 , 1863
Queen of the West runs aground on the Red River. It is abandoned.
Louisiana
Queen of the West
February 14 , 1864
Federals take Meridian. They continue their "work," tearing up railroad infrastructure and destroying locomotives, but there is little Leonidas Polk can do
Mississippi
William Tecumseh Sherman
Leonidas Polk
Meridian Campaign
February 14 , 1891
William Tecumseh Sherman dies, New York City
February 14 , 1912
Arizona becomes the 48th state to enter the Union
Compromise of 1850
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