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Friday, December 24, 2010

25 December, 1861: Wednesday

Union - government
President Lincoln and his Cabinet meet to discuss the Trent affair.

President Lincoln and his wife have Christmas dinner with guests.

Western Virginia
A skirmish takes place at Cherry, western Virginia.

Maryland
A skirmish takes place near Fort Frederick, Maryland

Cape Fear, North Carolina
Off Cape Fear, a blockade-runner is captured.

Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971

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