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Sunday, December 25, 2011

25 December 1862: Thursday

Union - Government
President and Mrs. Lincoln visit wounded soldiers in Washington hospitals.

Union - Military
Mississippi

Sherman's expedition operates near Milliken's Bend north of Vicksburg.

There is a skirmish at Ripley.

Virginia
There is a skirmish near Warrenton.

Western Virginia
Union troops set out on a reconnaissance from Martinburg to Charlestown.

Tennessee
Skirmishes occur on the Wilson Creek Pike near Brentwood.

There is a skirmish at Prim's Blacksmith Shop on the Edmondson Pike.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971

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