Tuesday, December 23, 2025

A Diary of American Events – December 23, 1860

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—This evening, Senator Toombs, of Georgia, assuming that there is no hope of compromise, telegraphed from Washington an address to the people of that State—(Doc. 5.) —At Petersburg, Va., a secession pole, one hundred feet high, erected yesterday on the most prominent street, amid the cheers from a large crowd, and bearing the palmetto flag, [...]

The Rebellion Record – A Diary of American Events; by Frank Moore