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| July 25, 1861 | With his troops enlistment expiring, Robert Patterson is relieved of duty in the Shenandoah Valley. He had failed to hold Joseph Johnston in Winchester to prevent Johnston from moving east to support Beauregard at Bull Run. | |
| July 25, 1861 | The U. S. Congress approves the use of volunteers to put down the rebellion | |
| July 25, 1861 | The Crittenden Resolution passes in Congress. This states the Preservation of the Union is the reason for the Civil War | |
| John Crittenden | ||
| July 25, 1863 | Department of East Tennessee, comprised of 17,800 men under Simon Bolivar Buckner, is merged into Braxton Bragg's Department of Tennessee. Major General Buckner is assign command of a corps. | |
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Simon Bolivar Buckner | ||
| July 25, 1866 | Congress establishes "general of the armies" and Ulysses S. Grant is immediately promoted to 4-star general and put in this position. William Tecumseh Sherman assumes the rank of Lt. General. | |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| General-in-Chief, U. S. Army | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| July 25, 1866 | Congress creates the rank of Admiral. David Farragut is appointed to that rank |
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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 | |
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The 4th Constitutional Convention, Wyandotte, Kansas | Kansas |
| Bleeding Kansas | ||
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