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Events in History in August 1862

  • Aug 4 US government collects its 1st income tax
  • Aug 5 Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Union forces prevent Confederate attempts to capture the city
  • Aug 6 Confederate ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
  • Aug 9 Battle of Cedar Mountain [Slaughter's Mountain], fought in Culpeper County, Virginia, Confederate victory (US Civil War)
  • Aug 10 Battle of Nueces River TX
  • Aug 12 Gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX

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Aug 14 Abraham Lincoln receives the first group of African Americans to confer with a US president

16th US President Abraham Lincoln
16th US President
Abraham Lincoln
  • Aug 17 Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky

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Aug 18 General Lee's adjutant Major Stuart captured

Confederate General Robert E. Lee
Confederate General
Robert E. Lee
  • Aug 18 Sioux Indians begin uprising in Minnesota (it is later crushed)
  • Aug 21 The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates.
  • Aug 22 Battle of Catlett's Station, VA
  • Aug 22 Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely
  • Aug 23 Skirmish at Big Hill, Kentucky (2 Federal regiments)
  • Aug 25 US Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves
  • Aug 28 Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia
  • Aug 28 Battle of Groveton, Virginia (Manassas Plains) [->AUG 19]
  • Aug 28 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, D.C.

Victory in BattleSecond Battle of Bull Run

Aug 29 Second Battle of Bull Run, fought in Manassas, Virginia begins, Confederate victory (US Civil War)

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The Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, fought August 29th and 30th, 1862
The Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, fought August 29th and 30th, 1862
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  • Aug 29 Battle of Aspromonte; Italian royal forces defeat rebels
  • Aug 29 US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation
  • Aug 30 Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia ends with a Confederate victory over Union forces
  • Aug 30 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee

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