Birthdays

George Armstrong Custer
Turns 22 on this date

James Guthrie
Turns 69 on this date

John Baldwin Raymond
Turns 17 on this date
Events
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 |
Documents
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 |