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MILITARY & POLITICAL
    1862
  • The Fifth Session of the First Confederate Provisional Congress is adjourned. Confederate States
  • CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is commissioned. Virginia
    1863
  • Bombardment of Fort McAllister (Feb. 1-Mar. 3) Georgia
  • Bombardment of Fort McAllister (January 27-February 28). Georgia
    1864
  • The Fourth Session of the First Confederate Congress is adjourned. Confederate States
  • Operations about Fort Boles (Feb. 1-20). Idaho
  • Occupation of Yazoo City (Feb. 9-Mar. 6). Mississippi
  • Battle of Meridian (February 14-20). Mississippi
  • CSS Hunley sinks USS Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. South Carolina
    1865
  • Expedition up Yazoo River (Feb. 1-Mar. 8). Mississippi
  • Battle of Wilmington (February 12-22). North Carolina MORE
  • Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
  • Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia
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