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| December 11, 1816 | Indiana admitted to the United States (Free State) | Indiana |
| December 11, 1848 | Stephen Douglas introduces a bill in the Senate calling for the formation of the Mexican cessions into a single state. | |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| December 11, 1860 | Under orders from Secretary of War John Floyd, General Don Carlos Buell visits Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter. Buell tells Anderson he may occupy any fort that he wants to if he is attacked or feels he is about to be attacked. | |
| Don Carlos Buell | ||
| Fort Sumter | ||
| Robert Anderson | ||
| Special Memorandum to Robert Anderson, December 11, 1860 | ||
| John Floyd | ||
| December 11, 1862 | One of the most controversial orders of the Civil War is issued by Ulysses S. Grant -- Special Order 11, expelling Jews from his department. | |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| December 11, 1862 | Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] leaves Columbia, Tennessee in an attempt to disrupt Ulysses S. Grant's line of communication in the advance on Vicksburg | |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||
| First Vicksburg Campaign | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| December 11, 1862 | Federal forces occupy the city of Fredericksburg | Virginia |
| Fredericksburg | ||
| December 11, 1862 December 20, 1862 |
Commonly known as the Goldsboro Expedition, the Union Army in North Carolina under John G. Foster pushes into the state in an attempt to sever railroad supply lines to Virginia. | North Carolina |
Ongoing on this day:
| June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| December 9, 1863 December 14, 1863 |
Battle of Bean's Station
Federal forces probe Longstreet's lines near his winter camp. After several days of heavy skirmishing, Longstreet struck the Union line on Dec. 14, driving Brigadier General James Shackleford back about 1.5 miles before he made a stand. Union forces withdrew that evening. |
Tennessee |
| Siege of Knoxville | ||
| James Longstreet |
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