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Civil War Timeline Chronology for June 28
Yesterday Tomorrow
| June 28, 1860 |
Joseph E. Johnston appointed Quartermaster General |
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| June 28, 1864 |
Fugitive slave laws repealed by the U. S. Congress |
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Ongoing on this day:
June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg |
Virginia
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Robert E. Lee |
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P. G. T. Beauregard |
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Army of Northern Virginia |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
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Siege of Petersburg |
April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War |
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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
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Ulysses S. Grant |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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John A. McClernand |
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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
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Nathaniel Banks |
June 26, 1860 June 28, 1860 |
Southern Democrats hold a convention in Richmond where they select John C. Breckinridge as their nominee for President |
Virginia
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The Election of 1860 |
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1860 Democratic National Convention |
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Richmond, Virginia |
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John Breckinridge |
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1860 (Southern) Democratic Party Platform |
June 27, 1876 June 29, 1876 |
Reform New York governor Samuel Tilden easily won the Democratic nomination for President at the convention in St. Louis |
Missouri
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Election of 1876 |
Yesterday Tomorrow |
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