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Date |
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1 | 1857 | - 1857—1859: Influenza (world wide, one of disease's greatest epidemics)
- 4 Mar 1857—4 Mar 1861: Buchanan/Breckenridge admin
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2 | 1860 | - 1860—8 Apr 1865: Civil War
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3 | 1861 | - 4 Feb 1861—4 Feb 1861: Confederate States of America formed
- 23 Feb 1861—23 Feb 1861: Texas 7th state to secede from the Union
- 4 Mar 1861—15 Apr 1865: Lincoln/Hamlin and Johnson admin
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4 | 1862 | - 1862—1862: Sabine Pass: Yellow Fever epidemic
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5 | 1863 | - 1863—10 May 1869: Construction of First Transcontinental Railroad
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6 | 1865 | - 1865—1877: Reconstruction Period
- 4 Apr 1865—4 Mar 1869: Johnson/(vacant) admin
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7 | 1868 | - 1 Jun 1868—1 Jun 1868: Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin
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8 | 1869 | - 4 Mar 1869—4 Mar 1877: Grant/Colfax and Wilson admin
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9 | 1877 | - 4 Mar 1877—4 Mar 1881: Hayes/Wheeler admin
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