Tuesday December 10 1861

• Kentucky is admitted as the 13th State of the Confederacy.
• The House Judiciary Committee reports back the Baltimore MD Police Commissioners' memorial, and asks to be discharged from its further consideration, MD.

Wednesday December 10 1862

• Skirmish at Desert Station, LA.
• Confederate attack on and partial burning of, Plymouth, NC, with the US ironclad, Southfield, disabled in the attack.
• Port Royal, near and west of Fredericksburg, VA, is attacked by Union gunboats.
• Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate Western Dept. of Virginia.

Thursday December 10 1863

• The Federal descent upon the Confederate Salt-Works in Choctawhatchie Bay, FL. (Dec 10-19)
• Skirmish at Hertford, NC.
• Skirmish at Gatlinsburg, TN, as Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA, concentrates his forces around Greeneville, TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.
• Skirmish at Long Ford, TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.
• Federal scout from Memphis, TN, to 1.5 miles east of Buntyn Station, where couple Rebels cutting the telegraph wires manage to escape.
• Skirmish at Morristown, TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.
• Affair at Russellville, TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.
• Brig. Gen. William Wells', USA, command advances from Harper's Ferry, WV, in conjunction with Brig. Gen. William W. Averell, USA.

Saturday December 10 1864

• Brig. Gen. John Carpenter Carter, CSA, dies from wounds he received at the Battle of Franklin, TN, on Nov 30.
• Federal expedition against Tonto Apache Indians in Central Arizona, with skirmish (Dec 15) on Hassayampa Creek, where the Yankees kill 11 of 15 Apache warriors, the other 4 fleeing. The Federals then burn their camp. (Dec 10-23)
• Skirmish near Savannah, GA, as Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, opts not to attack the fortified Confederate positions under Lieut. Gen. William Hardee, CSA, but instead, to lay siege to the city.
• The capture and burning of the Confederate steamer, Ida, on the Savannah, River, GA, the "March to the Sea," Campaign by Maj. Gen. Wm Sherman.
• Skirmish near Springfield, GA, the "March to the Sea," Campaign by Maj. Gen. Wm Sherman.
• Federal scout from Core Creek to Southwest Creek, NC, and skirmishes, with the dismounted Confederates. (Dec 10-15)
• Federal expedition from East Tennessee into Southwestern Virginia, to destroy Confederate salt works and supplies, by Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, USA. (Dec 10-29)
• Brig. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem's, USA, command starts from Knoxville, TN, part of Maj. Gen. George Stoneman's forces.
• Skirmish in front of Fort Holly, near Petersburg, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, keeps mounting pressure on the Confederate defensive lines. (Dec 9-10)

Sunday December 10 1865