Birthdays
Nehemiah Fountain
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Abigail Goodwin
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Lewis McKendree Griffith
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William Mahone
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Jacob Van Meter
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Events
| Crime/Disasters | In Massachusetts, a would-be safe cracker is reportedly killed by his own explosion | 12/01/1865 |
| Business/Industry | In Philadelphia, the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon closes | 12/01/1865 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | North Carolina ratifies the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery | 12/01/1865 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | President Johnson lifts the suspension of Habeas Corpus in all loyal states but retains it in the South | 12/01/1865 |