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Civil War Timeline Chronology for January 4
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January 4 , 1789
Benjamin Lundy born, Hardwick, New Jersey
New Jersey
Benjamin Lundy
January 4 , 1854
Committee of Terrortories chairman Stephen Douglas reports the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Stephen A. Douglas
Kansas-Nebraska Act
January 4 , 1858
A second ratification vote is held for the Lecompton Constitution. The Free-staters reject the Lecompton Constitution.
Kansas
Lecompton Constitution
January 4 , 1861
Alabama troops seize an arsenal near Mobile
Alabama
January 4 , 1862
Jackson takes Bath (now West Virginia)
West Virginia
Romney Campaign
Stonewall Jackson
January 4 , 1863
Major General McClernand begins to move up the Arkansas River towards Arkansas Post. He orders General Sherman to accompany him, but he has not received authorization for such a movement.
William Tecumseh Sherman
John A. McClernand
January 4 , 1863
Lincoln and Halleck order Ulysses S. Grant to rescind Special Order 11
Henry Halleck
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
January 4 , 1863
USS Quaker City along with USS Memphis seize the Mercury , a Confederate blockade runner from Charleston on its way to Nassau, Bahamas with turpentine and mail.
January 4 , 1867
Ohio ratifies the 14th Amendment
Ohio
14th Amendment
January 4 , 1896
Utah becomes the 45th state to enter the United States
Compromise of 1850
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