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U.S. Civil War History
U.S. Civil War History
1862 - Democrats gained seats in Northern elections, mostly at the state level. The Republican Party maintained control of the House of Representatives and gained seats in the Senate.
1864 - Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest attacked a Union supply base at Johnsonville, Tennessee.
| "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." - The 13th Amendment from the U.S. Constitution (ratified December 6, 1865). |
