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U.S. Civil War History for May 16
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1861 - Tennessee was officially admitted to the Confederacy.

1863 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant defeated Confederates under John C. Pemberton at Champion's Hill. The Rebels went back into Vicksburg and Grant continued his advance toward Jackson, Mississippi.


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