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| April 27, 1822 | Hiram Ulysses Grant (General Ulysses S. Grant) born, Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio | Ohio |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| April 27, 1861 | Lincoln extends the blockade to include Virginia and North Carolina | Virginia North Carolina |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| April 27, 1861 | Virginia offers Richmond to be the Confederate capital. | Virginia |
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| April 27, 1863 | Col. Abel Streight leaves Tuscumbia | Alabama |
| Raid on Rome, Georgia | ||
| April 27, 1863 | Major General Simon Bolivar Buckner assumes command of the Department of East Tennessee. | Tennessee |
| Simon Bolivar Buckner | ||
| April 27, 1864 | Northern armies break winter camp in preparation for the Spring campaigns | |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Overland Campaign | ||
| George Meade | ||
| Atlanta Campaign | ||
| April 27, 1865 | Carrying former prisoners-of-war the Sultana explodes on the Mississippi River near Memphis. |
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