Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Dec” in year 1861, month December, day 8 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864:

...ern and Southern Kentucky. The schooner E. Waterman, loaded with salt, provisions, coffee, and lead, and munitions of war; was captured off Savannah, Ga., by the steamer Augusta.--N. Y. Herald, Dec . 20. Yesterday afternoon a rebel force, consisting of a battery of six pieces, and about four hundred Infantry and two hundred Cavalry, made their appearance at Dam No. 5, on the Virginia side ...
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Dec 638 130 6 0 0 user votes
Nov Dec 390 0 0 0 0 user votes
M. O. Dec 26 0 0 0 0 user votes
John O. Dec 2 0 0 0 0 user votes

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