DECEMBER 12, 1862
The USS Cairo strikes a torpedo and sinks in the Yazoo River, Mississippi.
DECEMBER 15, 1864
The Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, begins.
DECEMBER 18, 1865
The 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery, becomes a part of the U.S. Constitution.
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DECEMBER 24, 1864
The first attack on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, begins.
DECEMBER 26, 1860
Major Robert Anderson evacuates Fort Moultrie for Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
DECEMBER 26, 1861
The U.S. releases Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell, ending the Trent Affair.
DECEMBER 31, 1862
The Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tennessee begins.
--Old Secesh
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