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September 5
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1855
Free-staters meet in Big Springs, Kansas to elect representatives to a constitutional convention in Topeka
Kansas
Kansas becomes a state
September 5
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1862
Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia enters Maryland
Maryland
Robert E. Lee
Antietam
Army of Northern Virginia
September 5
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1863
British forces stop the shipment of two ironclads from Liverpool under orders from Lord Russell. This dashed Confederates hopes of British support during the war.
September 5
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1864
Voters in Louisiana who had taken an oath of loyalty to the United States ratified a state constitution abolishing slavery
Louisiana
September 5
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1864
Tennessee Unionists meet in Nashville to restart the state government and plan participation in national elections that fall.
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Siege of Petersburg
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Robert E. Lee
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Siege of Petersburg
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