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| July 13, 1787 | Congress (under the Articles of Confederation) enacts the Northwest Ordinance, a plan for governing the territory north and west of the Ohio River. Slavery was banned. | |
| Northwest Ordinance (Ordinance of 1787) [Full Text] | ||
| July 13, 1787 | Each of the 12 states represented at the Constitutional Convention votes to approve the new Constitution of the United States. | |
| July 13, 1861 | Battle of Corrick's Ford
While directing his rear guard General Robert Garnett is shot and dies minutes later. He is the first general to die during the Civil War |
West Virginia |
| George McClellan | ||
| Battle of Corrick's Ford | ||
| Civil War Firsts | ||
| July 13, 1862 | Battle of Murphreesboro | Tennessee |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||
| July 13, 1862 | Abraham Lincoln reads a draft of the Emancipation Proclaimation to Secretary of State William Seward and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, both strong abolitionists. Seward begins talking about the problems it will cause. Welles sits there dumbfounded | |
| Emancipation Proclamation | ||
| The Emancipation of Slaves | ||
| William Seward | ||
| July 13, 1863 | After several days of plundering Indiana, John Hunt Morgan crosses into Ohio | |
| John Hunt Morgan | ||
| July 13, 1863 | Battle of Yazoo City | Mississippi |
| July 13, 1863 | Battle of Donaldsonville | Louisiana |
| July 13, 1863 July 16, 1863 |
Draft riots, New York City | New York |
| New York City draft riots | ||
| July 13, 1865 | President Andrew Johnson appoints William Marvin provisional governor of Florida | Florida |
| Andrew Johnson | ||
| July 13, 1868 | Alabama ratifies the 14th Amendment | Alabama |
| 14th Amendment |
Ongoing on this day:
| 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 | ||
| July 5, 1859 July 29, 1859 |
The 4th Constitutional Convention, Wyandotte, Kansas | Kansas |
| Bleeding Kansas | ||
| Kansas becomes a state | ||
| July 9, 1863 July 16, 1863 |
Battle of Jackson | Mississippi |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston |
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