Birthdays
Augustus Carpenter Baldwin
Turns 48 on this date
Christopher Houston Carson
Turns 56 on this date
Charles Magill Conrad
Turns 61 on this date
Alexander Long
Turns 49 on this date
Henry A. Walke
Turns 57 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | Six C.S.A. veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee found the first chapter of the Klu Klux Klan. | 12/24/1865 |
| Legal/Political | The first session of the 39th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 5, 1866 |
12/22/1865 to 01/04/1866 |