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Civil War Timeline Chronology for September 5
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September 5 , 1855
Free-staters meet in Big Springs, Kansas to elect representatives to a constitutional convention in Topeka
Kansas
Kansas becomes a state
September 5 , 1862
Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia enters Maryland
Maryland
Robert E. Lee
Antietam
September 5 , 1863
British forces stop the shipment of two ironclads from Liverpool under orders from Lord Russell. This dashed Confederates hopes of British support during the war.
September 5 , 1864
Voters in Louisiana who had taken an oath of loyalty to the United States ratified a state constitution abolishing slavery
Louisiana
September 5 , 1864
Tennessee Unionists meet in Nashville to restart the state government and plan participation in national elections that fall.
Tennessee
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