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| March 24, 1856 | President Franklin Pierce sends all "...documents touching the affairs of the Territory of Kansas" between the dates of January 1, 1855 and June 30, 1855 to the House of Representatives to comply with an earlier request | Kansas |
| Kansas becomes a state | ||
| Franklin Pierce | ||
| March 24, 1862 | Albert Sidney Johnston's Army arrives at Corinth from Murfreesboro, Tennessee | Mississippi |
| Albert Sidney Johnston | ||
| Battle of Shiloh | ||
| March 24, 1863 | A small skirmish at Black Bayou marked the end of General William Tecumseh Sherman's attempt to find an unguarded water route into Vicksburg. | Mississippi |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| Second Vicksburg Campaign | ||
| March 24, 1864 | Nathan Bedford Forrest seizes Union City | Tennessee |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||
| March 24, 1868 | Following the ratification of the 14th Amendment, the New Jersey legislature voted through a resolution of rescission. Governor Marcus L. Ward then vetoed the recission. On this date, New Jersey readopted the recission over the governor's veto | New Jersey |
| 14th Amendment |
Ongoing on this day:
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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 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| February 28, 1862 April 8, 1862 |
The Battle of New Madrid / Island No. 10
After withdrawing from New Madrid Confederates control Island No. 10, blocking shipping on the Mississippi. Over 5,000 Confederate soldiers on the island surrender to Major General John Pope on April 8. |
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