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1862 - Tangier - Confederate officers detained by U.S. consul James De Long, but were soon released
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1865 - Wilmington - Federal troops capture city. Lee places Joseph E. Johnston in command of forces in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee.
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1864 - Richmond, Virginia - Buyers' panic causes whisky and food prices to rise greatly.
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1863 - Arizona Territory separated from New Mexico Territory
1864 - Washington, D.C. - The rank of Lieutenant General approved by U.S. Senate; Armies of the Confederacy were charged to Braxton Bragg
February 25 edit
1862 - Nashville, Tennessee - Nashville falls to Union forces
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1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Banking Act into law.
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1864 - The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.