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1857
Embezzlement in the home office of the Ohio Life
Insurance & Trust Company coupled with the wreck of the
Central America
, a merchant marine carrying a shipment of gold bullion, caused a panic in the New York Stock Market.
Panic of 1857
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1861
President Davis names James M. Mason as commissioner to Great Britain and John Slidell as commissioner to France
Trent Affair
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1962
Petersburg Military Park designated a National Battlefield
Virginia
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1864
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1865
Siege of Petersburg
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Robert E. Lee
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Siege of Petersburg
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1861
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1865
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Northern Virginia Campaign - sometimes just called the Virginia Campaign.
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