Dec. 3—Congress met at Washington.
” 4—Two Congressmen and Senator Breckenridge of Ky., expelled for treason.
” 5—Naval engagement at Cape Hatteras.
Forces of U. S. army and navy reported very near 700,000 men.
” 9—Confederate Congress declares Kentucky a State in the Southern Confederacy.
” 13—Gen. Milroy defeats Confederate Col. Johnson, at Camp Alleghany.
” 16—Platte City, Mo., burnt by Southern forces.
” 17—More than 20 vessels, filled with stone, sunk at the entrance of Charleston and Savannah harbors.
” 18—Gen. Pope captured 1,300 Southerners and 1,000 stand of arms at Millford, Mo.
” 31—U. S. navy increased from 42 vessels at beginning of the war to 246, of all kinds, up to this date.