Thursday December 19 1861

• Skirmish at Point of Rocks, MD, along the Potomac River.

Friday December 19 1862

• Engagement near Jackson, TN, with Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, attacking the railroad and supply lines of Maj. Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and William S. Rosecrans, USA.
• Affairs at Carroll Station and Spring Creek, TN, with Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.
• Skirmish on the Occoquan, VA.
• Due to constant bickering between Secretary of State and Treasury, Seward and Chase, Seward offers to resign but Lincoln refuses to accept his resignation.

Saturday December 19 1863

• John Randolph Chambliss, Jr, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish with Indians at Barren Fork, the Indian Territory.
• Skirmish at Stone's Mill, TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.
• Skirmishes on Jackson's River, near Covington, VA, with Brig. Gen. William W. Averell, USA.
• Skirmish at Scott's, on Barber's Creek, VA, with Brig. Gen. William W. Averell, USA.

Monday December 19 1864

• William Lowther Jackson, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish at Rector's Farm, AR.
• Skirmish at Curtis's Creek, TN.
• Skirmish at Rutherford's Creek, TN.
• Federal expedition from Kernstown to Lacey's Springs, VA, and action at Lacey's Springs (Dec 21), as Bvt. Maj. Gen. George Armstrong Custer, USA, and his Federal cavalry drive against the Rebels, destroying property, inflicting casualties, and disrupting communications. (Dec 19-22)
• Federal Cavalry expedition led by Brig. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert, USA, from Winchester to near Gordonsville, VA, including skirmishes at:
  • Madison Court-House (Dec 21)
  • Liberty Mills (Dec 22)
  • near Gordonsville, (Dec 23).
    Military activity in the Shenandoah Valley is diminished as the majority of Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, armies are sent to the battle front at Petersburg, VA. (Dec 19-28)

Tuesday December 19 1865