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Who were the first black US Senators from Mississippi during the Reconstruction era after the US Civil War?
Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to serve in the US Congress and in the US Senate representing Mississippi from 23 February 1870 until 3 March 1871. He was a minister, Civil War Union Army Chaplain who served at Vicksburg and a college president well known as an orator and a champion of Civil Rights.
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What happened during reconstruction during the civil war?
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What act or event during the civil war and reconstruction freed the slaves?
Emancipation
What happened first the civil war or reconstruction?
Reconstruction means rebuilding. During the Civil War, much of the South was destroyed. Reconstruction was rebuilding AFTER the war- both physical rebuilding, and rebuilding the government in the former Confederate States.
What holiday was missed in Mississippi during the civil war?
I think what you're looking for is the 4th of July. This was not missed during the Civil War, though, but for decades AFTER the was was not a state holiday in Mississippi. County courthouses did not close on the 4th of July in Mississippi until after WWII, because the 4th of July was the day that Vicksburg surrendered during the Civil War, in 1863.
Which of the southern states was not a border state during the American Civil War?
Mississippi.
