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Civil War Timeline Chronology for February 25
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February 25 , 1861
President-Elect Lincoln meets with both houses of Congress
Abraham Lincoln
February 25 , 1861
The Saratoga , a ship in the U. S. African Squadron, captures the sloop Express , a slave ship
February 25 , 1862
"Bull" Nelson enters Nashville, Tennessee, first Confederate state capital to fall into Union hands. Don Carlos Buell accepts the city's surrender. Nathan Bedford Forrest provides a rear guard for Hardee's Army of Central Kentucky as it withdraws to Alabama.
Tennessee
Don Carlos Buell
Nathan Bedford Forrest
William Hardee
Fall of Nashville, February, 1862
William 'Bull' Nelson
John Floyd
Civil War Firsts
February 25 , 1863
Major General Daniel Harvey Hill [CS] assumes command of all North Carolina forces
North Carolina
Daniel Harvey Hill
February 25 , 1865
Joe Johnston assumes command of the Confederate Army in North Carolina
North Carolina
Joseph E. Johnston
February 25 , 1870
Hiram R. Revels takes his seat in the Senate from the state of Mississippi. Revels is black
Mississippi
February 25 , 1897
Congress issues its final report on the Ford's Theater disaster
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