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1857
James Buchanan announces he supports the Lecompton Constitution in a message to the Senate
Kansas
James Buchanan
Lecompton Constitution
December 8
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1860
Governor Isham Harris calls for a special session of the Tennessee legislature to consider secession
Tennessee
December 8
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1863
Proclaimation of Amnesty and Reconstruction offers a full pardon to any Southerner who participated in the rebellion as long as they took a "prescibed oath"
Abraham Lincoln
December 8
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1863
Confederate senator Henry S. Foote of Mississippi severly critizes President Jefferson Davis for both his military and civilian policies
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Jefferson Davis
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Siege of Petersburg
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