12/21/1864
The winter of 1864 began officially at 7:55 a.m., Washington DC time. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation:
The National Almanac and Annual Record for the Year 1864 (Philadelphia, PA: George W. Childs, 1863), 9.
The winter of 1864 begins at precisely 7:55 am, Washington DC time
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