Saturday December 7 1861

• The USS Santiago de Cuba stops the English vessel, the Eugenia Smith, capturing Confederate agent, Mr. James W. Zacharie, off New Orleans, LA, which is similar to the Trent incident and the Slidell and Mason captures.

Sunday December 7 1862

• The Battle of Prairie Grove, AR, about 12 miles southwest of Fayetteville, AR, on the Illinois Creek, where Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman, CSA, battled Maj. Gen. James Gillpatrick Blunt and Francis Jay Herron, USA, to a draw. Total casualties approximate 2,500.
• Affair at Padre Island, TX, where Confederates, testing the depth of the channel, is pursued by Federal ships, go ashore; they fire on and deal death upon the Federals, who retreat; later the same Confederates capture some Federal launches.
• Action at Hartsville, TN, with Col. John Hunt Morgan, CSA, inflicting over 2,000 Union casualties under Col. A.B. Moore, USA.
• The Confederate Dept. of Mississippi and East Louisiana is reorganized as follows:
  • 1st Confederate Army Corp - Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, CSA
  • 2nd Confederate Army Corp - Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA

Monday December 7 1863

• Skirmish at Independence, MS.
• Skirmish at Rutledge, TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.
• Skirmish at Eagleville, TN.
• Federal scout in Hampshire, Hardy, Frederick, and Shenandoah Counties, and the destruction of the Columbian Iron Works, WV, which are 15 miles west of Woodstock and an equal distance from Mount Jackson, VA. (Dec 7-11)
• President Jefferson Davis addresses the 4th session of the 1st Confederate Congress, Richmond,, VA.
• The 38th US Congress convenes in Washington, DC.

Wednesday December 7 1864

• Skirmish near Paint Rock Bridge, AL.
• Federal expedition from Brownsville to Arkansas Post, AR. (Dec 7-13)
• Federal expedition from Devall's Bluff to Augusta, AR. (Dec 7-8)
• Skirmish at Buck Creek, GA, as Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, creeps closer to Savannah, GA, with skirmishes at:
  • Skirmish at Cypress Swamp, near Sister's Ferry, GA.
  • Skirmish at Jenks' Bridge, Ogeechee River, GA.
• Affair at Moselle Bridge, on the Southwest Branch Pacific Railroad, near Franklin, MO, as a lone Confederate is instantly killed, shot dead with 6 rifle balls passing through him, as he tried to burn the bridge.
• Federal operations to and operations against Fort Fisher, NC. (Dec 7-27)
• Federal expedition to Hicksford, and skirmishes, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. (Dec 7-12)

Thursday December 7 1865