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| January 16, 1821 | John Cabell Breckinridge born, near Lexington | Kentucky |
| John Breckinridge | ||
| January 16, 1854 | Kentucky Senator Dixon offers an amendment to the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealing the Missouri Compromise. | |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | ||
| Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) | ||
| January 16, 1857 | George McClellan resigns from the U. S. Army | |
| George McClellan | ||
| January 16, 1861 January 19, 1861 |
Following two days of debate and a day of hammering out the wording of the secession document, Georgia votes to leave the Union on January 19. | Georgia |
| Confederate Order of Secession | ||
| Georgia Ordinance of Secession | ||
| January 16, 1861 | The Crittenden Compromise dies on the floor of the Senate. | |
| John Crittenden | ||
| January 16, 1867 | West Virginia ratifies the 14th Amendment | West Virginia |
| 14th Amendment | ||
| January 16, 1867 | Michigan ratifies the 14th Amendment | Michigan |
| 14th Amendment | ||
| January 16, 1867 | Minnesota ratifies the 14th Amendment | |
| 14th Amendment |
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Siege of Petersburg | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
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