Civil War Timeline / Chronology for December 1865

December 2, 1865	Alabama ratifies the 13th Amendment, the 27th state to do so	Alabama
	The Emancipation of Slaves
December 4, 1865	President Andrew Johnson appoints the Joint Committee on Reconstruction to determine which Southern states are entitled to representation in Congress
	Andrew Johnson
December 18, 1865	The 13th Amendment, which abolishes slavery except as a form of punishment, is proclaimed
	The Emancipation of Slaves
December 24, 1865	The Ku Klux Klan is organized at the law offices of Thomas M. Jones in Pulaski, Tennessee. The name derives from the Greek word kykos (circle) and was suggested by John B. Kennedy, who anglicized it to Ku Klux. James R. Crowe added the word Klan because of the predominant Scottish-Irish population of the area	Tennessee
December 29, 1865	William Lloyd Garrison publishes the last issue of The Liberator. His goal of the "extermination of chattel slavery" had been met.
	The Emancipation of Slaves