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Civil War Timeline Chronology for December 31
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December 31 , 1815
George Gordon Meade born, Cadiz, Spain
December 31 , 1860
Charleston is notified by telegraph that a man of war with troops is on the way
South Carolina
Fort Sumter
Star of the West
December 31 , 1862
Battle of Parker's Cross Roads
Near Lexington General Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] tries to break through a federal line after successful raids on Grant's supply lines and communications. As he begins to drive the Union troops back he is attacked from behind, loosing 300 men.
Tennessee
Nathan Bedford Forrest
December 31 , 1862
Battle of Stone's River [US]
Battle of Murfreesboro [CS]
Braxton Bragg forces William Rosecrans to retreat, but Rosecrans returns to defeat Bragg on January 2, 1863.
Union 13,249
Confederate 10,266
Tennessee
Bloodiest Civil War battles
Braxton Bragg
William S. Rosecrans
George Thomas
John Breckinridge
Army of the Cumberland
Philip Sheridan
Stone's River
December 31 , 1862
Lincoln signs the act approving admission to the United States for West Virginia
West Virginia
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