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Lee & the Northern Virginia Army Surrender to Grant at the Appomatox Court House
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President Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated
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Mississippi Becomes The First State To Establish Black Codes
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Ratification of the 13th Amendment
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Ratification of the 14th Amendment
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General Grant is Elected President
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Ratification of the 15th Amendment
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Hiram Revels Becomes the First Black Senator in the United States
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Grants Signs the Third Reinforcement Act
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Turmoil of the 1876 Election and the End of Reconstruction