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| February 4, 1792 | James Birney born, Danville, KY | Kentucky |
| James Birney | ||
| February 4, 1833 | Louisiana legislature comdemns South Carolina in the Nullification Crisis | Louisiana |
| Nullification Crisis | ||
| February 4, 1861 February 27, 1861 |
Washington Peace Conference (also called Convention or Congress) | |
| Felix Zollicoffer | ||
| Salmon P. Chase | ||
| John Tyler | ||
| Washington Peace Convention | ||
| February 4, 1861 | Convention of Seceded States begins in Montgomery, Alabama. Georgian Howell Cobb is elected President of the Convention | Alabama |
| Convention of Seceding States | ||
| February 4, 1861 | John Slidell and Judah Benjamin of Louisiana withdraw from the U. S. Senate | Louisiana |
| February 4, 1861 | Elections in Virginia create a pro-Union secessionist convention | Virginia |
| Virginia Secession Convention | ||
| February 4, 1862 | Confederate forces in Fort Heiman withdraw to Fort Henry, across the Tennessee River | Tennessee |
| Fort Henry and Fort Donelson |
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Siege of Petersburg | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
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| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
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