Template:Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 4

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1858: Congress passes the first admission act for the State of Kansas pending a new vote and approval of the Lecompton constitution.

1863: U.S. General "Fighting Joe" Hooker's Army of the Potomac is defeated by General Robert Edward Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as it crosses the Rappahannock on the way to Richmond, Virginia.

1865: C.S. General Richard Taylor surrenders the remaining Confederate troops in Alabama and Mississippi based on an agreement signed two days earlier.