North America, 22 Jan 1866: French withdrawal from Mexico
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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 22 Jan 1866 (Closing the Frontier: French withdrawal from Mexico), showing the following events: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Confederacy dissolved; Johnson’s May 9 Declaration; Last Confederate forces surrender; French capture Chihuahua; Napoleon III declares victory in Mexico.

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A m e r i c a

C a n a d a(Br.)

R u p e r t ' s L a n d(Br./HBC)

Mexican Empire(Fr. pup.)

The
Bahamas(Br.)

Newfoundland(Br.)

Republic
of Mexico

Florida(US occ.)

Leeward Islands(Br.)

Windward
Islands(Br.)

British
Columbia(Br.)

Br. Honduras(Br.)

Nova Scotia(Br.)

British
Guiana(Br.)

Puerto
Rico(Sp.)

Alabama(US occ.)

Arkansas(US occ.)

Arizona
Terr.(US terr.)

Colorado
Terr.(US terr.)

Georgia(US occ.)

Idaho
Territory(US terr.)

Louisiana(US occ.)

Mississippi(US occ.)

Montana
Territory(US terr.)

North Carolina(US occ.)

Nebraska Terr.(US terr.)

South
Carolina(US occ.)

Dakota
Territory(US terr.)

Tennessee(US occ.)

Virginia(US occ.)

Mosquito
Reserve(semi-indep)

Lakota
Sioux,
Cheyenne

Kiowa,
Comanche

Iron Confederacy

Great
Basin
peoples

Washington
Territory(US terr.)

Utah Terr.(US terr.)

New Mexico
Territory(US terr.)

Clipperton(Fr. claim)

St P. & M.(Fr.)

El Paso
del Norte

14 Apr 1865Pres. Abraham Lincoln
assassinated

5 May 1865Confederate gov.
dissolves itself

9 May 1865Pres. Andrew Johnson
declares end of Civil War

Jun 1865Last Confederate
forces surrender

15 Aug 1865French capture
Chihuahua

22 Jan 1866Napoleon III declares
Mexican intervention a
success & begins planning
his withdrawal

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