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US/the World	In the English port of Southampton, the Confederate warship Nashville enters dry-dock for repairs	12/05/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating	In Wheeling, the elected West Virginia convention is meeting to write a constitution for the new state	11/26/1861 to 02/18/1862
Lawmaking/Litigating	The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC	12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862

Letter	Alexander Galt to Amy Galt, Washington DC, December 5, 1861	12/05/1861
Miscellaneous	Memorandum by Alexander T. Galt, Canadian diplomat, describing interview with Abraham Lincoln, December 5, 1861	12/05/1861