Birthdays
Thomas Lee Broun
Turns 42 on this date
James Edmund Bryant
Turns 17 on this date
Augustus Louis Chetlain
Turns 41 on this date
William Henry Miles
Turns 37 on this date
Emanuel H. Reigart
Turns 31 on this date
John Guier Scott
Turns 46 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Forty passengers and crew drown when a steamer wrecks off the coast of North Carolina | 12/26/1865 |
| 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 |