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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

8 December, 1861: Sunday

Western Virginia
There is a minor skirmish near Romney.
There is a minor skirmish at Dam No. 5 on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Kentucky
There is a minor skirmish At Fishing Creek near Somerset, Kentucky.

Confederate Naval Action
Commander Raphael Semmes of the CSS Sumter captures the Federal whaler Eben Dodge in mid-Atlantic.

General - Union
The American Bible Society announces it is distributing seven thousand Bibles a day to Northern soldiers.

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

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