<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> troops occupy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, Virginia</a>, with Colonel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_E._Ellsworth" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Elmer E. Ellsworth">Elmer E. Ellsworth</a> becoming the first Union officer to be killed during the war.<sup about="#mwt28" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_24#cite_note-3" id="mwlQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwlg">[3]</span></a></sup>
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