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| December 20, 1783 | Virginia cedes its claim on western land to the United States | |
| December 20, 1860 | South Carolina's convention officially approves the Ordinance of Secession | South Carolina |
| Confederate Order of Secession | ||
| South Carolina Ordinance of Secession | ||
| December 20, 1860 | Governor Francis Pickens of South Carolina demands President Buchanan relinquish control of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie. | South Carolina |
| James Buchanan | ||
| December 20, 1860 | Governor Francis W. Pickens takes office | South Carolina |
| December 20, 1860 | Edwin Stanton becomes Attorney-General in the Buchanan Administration | |
| Edwin Stanton | ||
| December 20, 1860 | Secretary of War John Floyd orders 113 columbiad cannon and 11 32-pounders from the Pittsburgh arsenal to Ship Island, Mississippi, and Galveston. | |
| John Floyd | ||
| December 20, 1861 | The Select Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is seated. | |
| Andrew Johnson | ||
| Committee on the Conduct of the War | ||
| December 20, 1861 | Battle of Dranesville | Virginia |
| J. E. B. Stuart | ||
| Edward O. C. Ord | ||
| Samuel Garland | ||
| Battle of Dranesville | ||
| December 20, 1862 | General Earl Van Dorn [CS] strikes a federal supply depot at Holly Springs capturing 1500 prisoners and destroying 1.5 million dollars of military supplies | Mississippi |
| Earl Van Dorn | ||
| First Vicksburg Campaign | ||
| December 20, 1862 | U. S. 15th Corps under William Tecumseh Sherman boards transports at Memphis to sail down the Mississippi to Chickasaw Bayou. Ulysses S. Grant called off a supporting campaign over land because of continued Rebel raids | Tennessee |
| First Vicksburg Campaign | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| December 20, 1862 | Salmon Chase offers his resignation. Lincoln rejects both Seward's and Chase's resignations. | |
| 1862 Cabinet Crisis | ||
| Salmon P. Chase | ||
| William Seward | ||
| December 20, 1866 | On the 6th anniversary of secession, South Carolina rejects the 14th Amendment | South Carolina |
| 14th Amendment | ||
| December 20, 1869 | President Grant appoints Edwin Stanton a justice of the Supreme Court. | |
| Edwin Stanton | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant |
Ongoing on this day:
| June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| December 11, 1862 December 20, 1862 |
Commonly known as the Goldsboro Expedition, the Union Army in North Carolina under John G. Foster pushes into the state in an attempt to sever railroad supply lines to Virginia. | North Carolina |
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