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| June 17, 1856 June 19, 1856 |
Republican Convention nominates John C. Fremont for President. | |
| Election of 1856 | ||
| John C. Fremont | ||
| Republican Party | ||
| June 17, 1861 | Nathaniel Lyons captures Boonville | Missouri |
| June 17, 1862 | Battle of St. Charles
Battle of White River |
Arkansas |
| June 17, 1862 | Congress frees all slaves in territories of the United States | |
| June 17, 1862 | The commands of John C. Fremont [US] and Nathanael Banks [US] are consolidated under John Pope [US]. Fremont resigns. | |
| John Pope | ||
| Army of Virginia | ||
| Nathaniel Banks | ||
| June 17, 1862 | Braxton Bragg assumes command of the Army of Mississippi, relieving P. G. T. Beauregard | Mississippi |
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| June 17, 1863 | The CSS Atlanta, an ironclad in Warsaw Inlet, engages the USS Weehawken and USS Nahant before surrendering | Georgia |
| June 17, 1864 June 18, 1864 |
Battle of Richmond Turnpike | Virginia |
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| June 17, 1864 June 18, 1864 |
Battle of Lynchburg | Virginia |
| John Breckinridge | ||
| Rutherford B. Hayes | ||
| June 17, 1865 | Fire-eater Edmund Ruffin dies of his own hand at his plantation Redmoor, Amelia County, Virginia | |
| Edmund Ruffin |
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 | ||
| May 26, 1863 July 4, 1863 |
Siege of Vicksburg
Date of the start of siege varies from May 18 - May 26. |
Mississippi |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| John A. McClernand | ||
| James McPherson | ||
| May 27, 1863 July 9, 1863 |
Siege of Port Hudson
After attempting to storm the walls of Port Hudson, Nathaniel Banks digs in for a siege. |
Louisiana |
| Nathaniel Banks | ||
| June 11, 1861 June 25, 1861 |
First session of the Second Wheeling Convention | West Virginia |
| Second Wheeling Convention |
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