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Historical Events in August 1862

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  • 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)

Beatrice et Benedict

Aug 9 Hector Berlioz's opera "Beatrice et Benedict" premieres in Baden-Baden, Germany

Composer Hector Berlioz
  • Aug 10 Battle of Nueces River TX

Morgan Captures Gallatin

Aug 12 Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, Texas

Confederate General John Hunt Morgan

Lincoln Meets Black Leaders

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

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

Lee's Adjutant Captured

Aug 18 General Lee's adjutant Major Stuart captured [1]

Confederate General Robert E. Lee
  • Aug 18 Sioux Indians begin uprising in Minnesota (it is later crushed)
  • Aug 21 The Vienna Stadtpark, the first public park and garden in Veinna, Austria opens its gates
  • Aug 22 Battle of Catlett's Station, VA
  • Aug 22 Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely

Stuarts Raid of Revenge

Aug 22 US Civil War: Confederate Major General J.E.B. Stuart, in a retaliatory raid, captures the dress coat of Union General John Pope at Catlett Station, Virginia [1]

Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart
  • 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 Groveton, Virginia (Manassas Plains) [->AUG 19]
  • Aug 28 Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia
  • Aug 28 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, D.C.
  • Aug 29 Battle of Aspromonte; Italian royal forces defeat rebels

Second Battle of Bull Run

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

The Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, fought August 29th and 30th, 1862
  • Aug 29 US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation

United States One Dollar Bill

Aug 29 US Department of the Treasury forms division now known as US Bureau of Engraving and Printing to print newly issued paper currency

Image of the first US one dollar bill (United States Note) issued in 1862
  • Aug 30 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee
  • Aug 30 Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, ends with a Confederate victory over Union forces


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