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Carolinas' campaign
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Battle of Beverly, WV
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Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft Fisher NC, 40 die
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- Evacuation of Charleston, SC
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Battle of Wilmington, NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals
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President Lincoln inaugurated for his 2nd term as president
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Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)
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Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
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Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC
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13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery