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| December 21, 1800 | Robert Barnwell Smith is born in Beaufort, SC. He will later become famous as Robert Barnwell Rhett | |
| Robert Barnwell Rhett | ||
| December 21, 1822 | As a result of the Denmark Vesey slave revolt, South Carolina passes a law requiring free Negro sailors to be imprisoned while their ships are in Charleston Harbor | South Carolina |
| December 21, 1848 | Representative Daniel Gott, a New York Whig, offers a resolution condemning the slave trade in Washington D. C. The resolution passes 98-88. | |
| Washington D. C. | ||
| December 21, 1857 | Lecompton Constitution ratification vote. Voters were not voting for the Constitution, rather they were voting for the Constitution with slavery or the Constitution without slavery. With freestaters waiting for the vote on January 4, pro-slavery factions easily carry the vote | Kansas |
| Kansas becomes a state | ||
| Lecompton Constitution | ||
| December 21, 1860 | South Carolina representatives withdraw from the |
South Carolina |
| December 21, 1861 | Abraham Lincoln signs a bill creating the Navy Medal of Honor, America's first medal. It is to be presented to sailors or marines who "...distinguish themselves by their gallantry and other seamanlike qualities..." | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Civil War Firsts | ||
| December 21, 1862 | John Hunt Morgan leads a raid against William S. Rosecrans' supply lines in Kentucky | |
| John Hunt Morgan | ||
| December 21, 1862 | President Davis visits Vicksburg | Mississippi |
| First Vicksburg Campaign | ||
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| December 21, 1862 | Seward resumes his duties as Secretary of State | |
| 1862 Cabinet Crisis | ||
| William Seward | ||
| December 21, 1864 | Sherman occupies Savannah | Georgia |
| March to the Sea | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman |
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 | |
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