Sunday December 22 1861

• Skirmish at New Market Bridge, near Newport News, VA.

Monday December 22 1862

• Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan's 2nd Confederate Kentucky Raid. (Dec 22-Jan 2)
• Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan's, CSA, command sets out from Alexandria, near Carthage, TN, and crosses the Cumberland River, into Kentucky.
• Maj. Gen. Robert C. Schenck, USA, supersedes Gen. John E. Wool, USA, in the command of the Middle Military Dept, VA.
• Skirmishes near Windsor and at Joyner's Ferry, on the Blackwater, VA.
• Skirmish at Wardensville, WV.
• President Abraham Lincoln meets with Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA, to discuss the recent battle, chain of events, and actions taken by various officers, at Fredericksburg, VA.

Tuesday December 22 1863

• Skirmish at Fayette, MS.
• Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Dept. of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
• Skirmish at Cleveland, TN, where the attacking Rebels force a Union retreat. Lieut. Jacob Bedtelyon, 4th MI Cavalry is very fortunate as his chest is only bruised from a spent Confederate minie ball.
• Federal scouts near Dandridge, TN, and skirmish, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign. (Dec 22-23)
• Confederate winter quarters are established at and about Russellville, TN, by Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA, ending the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.

Thursday December 22 1864

• James Edward Harrison, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• John Doby Kennedy, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Reynolds, USA, supersedes Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele in the command of the Dept. of Arkansas.
• Skirmish on Franklin Creek, MS.
• Skirmish at Duck River, TN, as Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, USA, pursues the retreating Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood, CSA.
• The Union forces under Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, USA, retire from Saltville, VA.

Friday December 22 1865