150 years ago -- December 27, 1863 (President Lincoln visits Prison Camp in Maryland)

from CIVIL WAR online almanac -- web resource: Sunday Dec. 27 1863 PRESIDENT PONDERS POINT PRISONERS President Abraham Lincoln, in company with Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, went for a visit on this day to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland. Elsewhere, skirmishes took place at Somerville, New Castle, and Mossy Creek, Tennessee, possibly in celebration of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston assuming command of the Department of Tennessee. http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/This%20Day/thisday1227.htm