Tuesday December 31 1861

Wednesday December 31 1862

• Brig. Gen. John B. Marmaduke's, CSA, Confederate expedition into Missouri. (Dec 31- Jan 25)
• Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke, CSA, moves from Lewisburg, AR, into Missouri.
• Affairs at Plaquemine, LA. (Dec 31-Jan 3)
• Affair at Muldraugh's Hill, near New Market, KY, with Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, CSA.
• The USS Monitor foundered in heavy seas off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, and sinks shortly after midnight.
• Skirmish at Overall's Creek, TN.
• Engagement at Red Mound, or Parker's Cross-Roads, TN, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's, CSA, Cavalry.
• The Battle of Stone's River, or Murfreesboro, TN, where Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee's troops, under Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, attack Maj. Gen. William Starke Rosecrans, USA. (Dec 31-Jan 3)
• Brig. Gen. James Edward Rains, CSA, is mortally wounded while leading his men in a charge against a Federal battery, dying instantly from a rifle shot at the Battle of Murfreesboro, TN.
• Brig. Gen. Edward Needles Kirk, USA, is mortally wounded while leading his command at the Battle of Stone's River, TN.
• Brig. Gen. Joshua Woodrow Sill, USA, is instantly killed while leading his men at the Battle of Stone's River, TN.

Thursday December 31 1863

• Skirmish in Searcy County, AR.
• The Bombardment of Charleston, SC.

Saturday December 31 1864

• President Abraham Lincoln contemplates removing Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, from command for the botched assault on Fort Fisher, Wilmington, NC.
• Affair at Paint Rock Bridge, AL.
• Skirmish at Russellville, AL.
• Skirmish at Sharpsburg, KY, with Confederates arriving from the direction of Owingsville.

Sunday December 31 1865