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| July 8, 1777 | Vermont bans slavery in its constitution. It is the first state to do so. | Vermont |
| Constitution of the State of Vermont | ||
| Civil War Firsts | ||
| July 8, 1856 | Grand jury indicts Preston Brooks for the assault on Charles Sumner. He pleads guilty and pays a $300 fine | |
| Preston S. Brooks | ||
| Sumner and Brooks | ||
| July 8, 1862 | Abraham Lincoln visits with George McClellan at Harrison's Landing | Virginia |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| July 8, 1863 July 9, 1863 |
After crossing the Ohio River on captured steamboats, Morgan and his men loot Mauckport and Corydon | Indiana |
| John Hunt Morgan | ||
| July 8, 1863 | Port Hudson is surrendered, giving the Union control of the Mississippi | Mississippi |
| July 8, 1864 | Army of the Ohio under General John Schofield [US] crosses the Chattahoochee River at Sope (Soap) Creek | Georgia |
| July 8, 1865 | John T. Ford agrees to lease Ford's Theater to the War Department | |
| Ford's Theater |
Ongoing on this day:
| June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 |
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 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| July 5, 1859 July 29, 1859 |
The 4th Constitutional Convention, Wyandotte, Kansas | Kansas |
| Bleeding Kansas | ||
| Kansas becomes a state | ||
| July 4, 1868 July 9, 1868 |
Democrats nominate Horatio Seymour for President and Francis P. Blair Jr. for Vice-president | |
| Election of 1868 | ||
| Democratic Party |
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