What day of the week was December 26, 1862?

The day of the week December 26th, 1862 fell on was a Friday.

American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins. Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS ''Red Rover'' are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship. The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato the Minnesota, 38 Native Americans died.