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| February 22, 1847 February 23, 1847 |
Battle of Buena Vista (Mexican-American War) | |
| George Thomas | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| Mexican American War | ||
| Zachary Taylor | ||
| February 22, 1856 | The first "national" meeting of the Republican Party is held in Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania |
| Election of 1856 | ||
| Civil War Firsts | ||
| Republican Party | ||
| February 22, 1856 | The American National Convention in Philadelphia nominates Millard Fillmore for President | Pennsylvania |
| Millard Fillmore | ||
| Election of 1856 | ||
| February 22, 1861 February 23, 1861 |
Under the watchful eyes of Allan Pinkerton, Abraham Lincoln travels in secrecy to Washington, D. C. Pinkerton had been worried about the trip through Baltimore, Maryland, a Southern-leaning city | Maryland |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Washington D. C. | ||
| February 22, 1862 | Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the first (and only) President of the Confederate States of America. Alexander Stephens is inaugurated Vice President. | |
| Alexander Stephens | ||
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| February 22, 1864 February 26, 1864 |
Battle of Dalton (First Dalton)
General George Thomas [US] demonstrates against Joe Johnston's [CS] entrenched line |
Georgia |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| February 22, 1864 | Crisis in the Lincoln Administration over the Pomeroy Circular backing Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase as Republican candidate for President in the 1864 elections | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Salmon P. Chase | ||
| February 22, 1864 | Battle of Okolana
Other Names: Ivey's Farm, Ivey Hill Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] defeats W. Sooy Smith [US], attempting to join Sherman's Meridian Campaign |
Mississippi |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||
| Meridian Campaign | ||
| February 22, 1865 | Following a bombardment by gunboats under the command of Rear Admiral David Porter, William T. Sherman captures Wilmington | North Carolina |
| David Porter | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| February 22, 1865 | General Robert E. Lee appoints Joe Johnston as commander of the only other effective fighting force in what remains of the Confederate States of America, in North Carolina | North Carolina |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| February 22, 1865 | Voters approve a new constitution, including the abolition of slavery, in Tennessee | Tennessee |
| abolition |
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| June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| February 4, 1861 February 27, 1861 |
Washington Peace Conference (also called Convention or Congress) | |
| Felix Zollicoffer | ||
| Salmon P. Chase | ||
| John Tyler | ||
| Washington Peace Convention |
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