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o In July, Ship Island is captured by Union forces. The fall of Ship Island gives Union forces control of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
•	1862-
o In late April, the Battle of Shiloh gives Union forces control of the Tennessee River and opens the way to attack Corinth, a railroad center vital to the South. O Corjnth falls in May.
•	1863 - The Emancipation Proclamation abolishes slavery.
•	1865 - Robert E. Lee surrenders on April 9. The Civil War ends.
•	1867 - A military government is established in Mississippi after the reconstructed government of Mississippi is rejected by the U.S. Congress.
•	1868 - Mississippi’s first biracial constitutional convention - the "Black and Tan” Convention" - drafts a constitution protecting the rights of freedmen (ex-slaves) and punishing ex-Confederates. It is rejected by the voters.
•	1869 - Under the leadership of James L Alcorn, Mississippi ratifies a constitution which does not punish ex-Confederate soldiers.
•	1870-
o Mississippi is readmitted to the Union on February 23.
O Civil government is gradually restored under Governor Alcorn, o The state's first system of public education is established, o Senator Hiram R. Revels, a minister from Natchez, becomes the first black senator in U.S. history, and serves as Mississippi's U.S. Senator from January 1870 to March 1871. o Using power of river at St. Anthony Falls, milling expands into major Minneapolis industry.
•	1871 - Alcom University, now Alcom State University, is organized.
•	1877-
o The Mississippi State Board of Health is created through the influence of the State Medical Association, o Jackson College, a private college for blacks, is established at Natchez.
•	1878 - Agricultural and Technical School is established. In 1935, it becomes Mississippi State College and in 1958, Mississippi State University.
•	1884 - The Industrial Institute and College, today’s Mississippi University for Women, is established.
•	1890
O A new state constitution is adopted.
O 1892 Millsaps College is opened.
Mississippi, Timeline of State History - SHG Resources
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