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1792 - US President George Washington signs the Coinage Act, establishing the US Mint, and authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle and $2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins and dollar, half dollar, quarter dollar, dime and half-dime silver coins. Coins of gold and silver are legal tender, but base metal coins, such as copper, are not.

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1864 - Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana.

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1864 - Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas.

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1865 - Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate General, killed in action at age 39.

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1865 - Battle of Fort Blakely and Selma, Alabama.

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1865 - Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Fort Gregg, Sutherland's Station).

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1865 - CSA President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.

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1865 - General A P Hill is killed by a Federal Picket.

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1865 - Lee's line is broken at Petersberg.

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1866 - President Andrew Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

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