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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

6 December 1862: Saturday

Union - Government
President Lincoln orders the execution by hanging of 39 of the 303 Indians convicted of participating in the Sioux uprising in Minnesota. The execution date was set for 19 December.

Union - Military
Tennessee

There are skirmishes near Kimbrough's Mill, Mill Creek.

Missouri
There is a skirmish at Parksville.
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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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