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| June 4, 1861 | Delegates to the Second Wheeling Convention are selected. | West Virginia |
| Second Wheeling Convention | ||
| June 4, 1862 | Confederates evacuate Fort Pillow, now a lone garrison on the Mississippi in northern Tennessee | Tennessee |
| June 4, 1863 | Abraham Lincoln suggests the ban on the Chicago Times be lifted and Edwin Stanton orders Ambrose Burnsides to do it | |
| Ambrose Burnside | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Edwin Stanton | ||
| June 4, 1864 | Joe Johnston withdraws from the Dallas-New Hope line to Lost Mountain - Pine Mountain - Brushy Mountain | Georgia |
| Joseph E. Johnston |
Ongoing on this day:
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| May 26, 1863 July 4, 1863 |
Siege of Vicksburg
Date of the start of siege varies from May 18 - May 26. |
Mississippi |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| John A. McClernand | ||
| James McPherson | ||
| May 27, 1863 July 9, 1863 |
Siege of Port Hudson
After attempting to storm the walls of Port Hudson, Nathaniel Banks digs in for a siege. |
Louisiana |
| Nathaniel Banks | ||
| June 3, 1850 June 12, 1850 |
Nashville Convention - 9 slave states hold a convention to determine their best course of action if the Compromise of 1850 passes. | Louisiana Arkansas North Carolina Florida Texas South Carolina Mississippi Georgia Alabama |
| Compromise of 1850 | ||
| Nashville Convention of 1850 [Resolutions] | ||
| Nashville Convention of 1850 | ||
| Robert Barnwell Rhett | ||
| June 2, 1856 June 6, 1856 |
Democratic Convention - After 14 ballots, sitting President Franklin Pierce withdraws his name from nomination. Stephen Douglas withdraws at the end of the 16th ballot. James Buchanan is nominated by acclamation | Maryland |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| Election of 1856 | ||
| James Buchanan | ||
| Franklin Pierce | ||
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