Thursday December 27 1860

• Castle Pickney and Fort Moultrie are seized by the South Carolina state troops, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, SC.

Friday December 27 1861

• Nolle prosequi entered in Brownlow's case, and he is discharged from civil into military custody, East TN.
• Skirmish near Hallsville, MO, with Brig. Gen. Benjamin M. Prentiss, USA.
• Confederate skirmish with Creeks and Seminoles in Indian Territory, by Col. Stand Watie, CSA, 2nd Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Cherokee Nation.

Saturday December 27 1862

• William Hays, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• The capture of the Union forces at Elizabethtown, KY, by Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, CSA.
• Skirmishes at Chickasaw Bayou, MS, as Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, continues to advance on Vicksburg. (Dec 27-28 )
• Affair at Snyder's Mill, Yazoo River, MS, as Lieut. Gen. John Pemberton, CSA, contests Maj. Gen. William Sherman's advance.
• Skirmish at Elizabeth City, NC.
• Skirmish at Franklin, TN.
• Skirmish near Huntingdon, TN, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.
• Skirmish on the Jefferson Pike, at Stewart's Creek Bridge, TN.
• Skirmish on the Murfreesborough Pike, at Stewart's Creek Bridge, TN, as Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans Marches on.
• Skirmish at Triune, TN.
• Federal Raid on Dumfries and Fairfax Station, VA, including action at Dumfries and skirmishes at and near Occoquan, at Fairfax Court-House, Chantilly, Frying Pan, etc. (Dec 27-29)

Sunday December 27 1863

• Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate Dept. of Tennessee, at Dalton, GA.
• President Lincoln spends the day visiting Confederate P.O.W.'s at Point Lookout, MD.
• Federal expedition from Newport Barracks to Young's Cross-Roads, Swansborough, and Jackson, NC. (Dec 27-29)
• Skirmish at Huntingdon, TN.
• Skirmish at Talbott's Station, TN.
• Skirmish between Brig. Gen. Benjamin H. Grierson's, USA, Cavalry and Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's, CSA, Cavalry, at the following places:
  • at Collierville, TN
  • at Grisson's Bridge, TN
  • at La Fayette, TN
  • near Moscow, TN

Tuesday December 27 1864

• Skirmish at Decatur, AL.
• Federal scout from Pine Bluff to Simpson's Plantation, AR.
• After extensive naval bombardment of Fort Fisher and the landing of an expeditionary force, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's, USA, infantry, under Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames, USA, are transported back to Fortress Monroe, VA, aboard the ocean transports, C. Thomas and Wedbosset, and the steamers, Baltic, Haze, Idahoe, S. Moore, Peril, and the Starlight.
• Skirmish at Okolona, MS, with Brig. Gen. Benjamin H. Grierson, USA.
• Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge's, USA, command reaches Pound Gap, VA, after taking part in Maj. Gen. George Stoneman's expedition into Southwestern Virginia.

Wednesday December 27 1865