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Saturday, December 11, 2010

11 December 1861: Wednesday

Confederacy - Civilian
A fire destroys much of the business district of Charleston, South Carolina, east of King Street and near the Cooper River. The city is already suffering from the Union blockade.

Union - government
President Lincoln attends the Senate memorial services for Senator Baker of Oregon, who had been killed at Ball's Bluff. (It is unusual at this time for a President to enter either House.)

Military
Missouri
There is skirmishing near Bertrand, Missouri

Virginia
There is skirmishing at Dam no. 4 on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

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

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