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Civil War Timeline Chronology for December 2
Yesterday Tomorrow
| December 2, 1806 |
Thomas Jefferson asks Congress to ban all slave importation on January 1, 1808, the earliest date allowed in the U. S. Constitution. |
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| December 2, 1857 |
"Free-staters" take control of the Kansas legislature following their election in October |
Kansas
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Kansas becomes a state |
| December 2, 1859 |
John Brown is hung in Charleston, Virginia (present-day West Virginia) for the raid on Harper's Ferry |
Virginia West Virginia
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John Brown |
| December 2, 1863 |
Meade withdraws to north of the Rapidan, ending the brief Mine Run Campaign |
Virginia
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Mine Run Campaign |
| December 2, 1865 |
Alabama ratifies the 13th Amendment, the 27th state to do so |
Alabama
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The Emancipation of Slaves |
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