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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 396659, member: 12718&quot;]I am thinking about attempting to build a non-gold set (XF or better)for 1865. I know this would be a great challenge for me, but what advice do my fellow collectors have for such an endeavor? Are there certain coins for this date especially challenging?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This year was especially significant in U.S. history.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- February 4 - Robert E. Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- February 18 - Evacuation of Charleston, South Carolina; Sherman&#039;s troops burn city </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- March 4 - President Lincoln inaugurated for his 2nd term as president </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- April 2 - CSA President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- April 9 - Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- April 14 - President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford&#039;s Theater by John Wilkes Booth</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- April 27 - 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer &quot;Sultana&quot; blows up </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- May 5 - 1st U.S. train robbery (North Bend Ohio)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- May 19 - President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- July 2 - William Booth founds Salvation Army (Army of the Salvation) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- July 5 - Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- August 20 - President Johnson proclaims an end to &quot;insurrection&quot; in Tx </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- October 14 - Cheyennes and Arapaho&#039;s sign &quot;peaces treaty&quot; then chased out Colorado </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- November 13 - 1st U.S. gold certificates issued</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- December 6 - 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- December 24 - Several Confederate veterans form Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tn[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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