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1859
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad makes its first trip between the two cities.
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October 27
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1863
Battle of Brown's Ferry
Troops under William Hazen [US] secured a beachhead on the southern bank of the Tennessee River. "Baldy" Smith [US] built a pontoon bridge over the Tennessee and Joseph Hooker [US] took the Little Tennessee Valley
Battles for Chattanooga
Joseph Hooker
William Farrar Smith
Cracker Line
October 27
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1863
The second major bombardment of Fort Sumter. The three days of pounding artillery will be the heaviest in the siege of Charleston.
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October 27
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1864
Battle of the Southside Railroad
Virginia
Siege of Petersburg
October 27
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1864
Battle of Hatcher's Run
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Siege of Petersburg
October 27
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1864
Battle of Burgess Mill
Virginia
Siege of Petersburg
October 27
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1866
Texas rejects the 14th Amendment
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14th Amendment
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1865
Siege of Petersburg
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Robert E. Lee
P. G. T. Beauregard
Army of Northern Virginia
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Siege of Petersburg
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1861
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