Aug 25 Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves
Aug 06 CSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
Aug 12 Gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX
Aug 28 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC
Aug 30 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee
Aug 14 Lincoln receives first group of blacks to confer with US president
Aug 21 Billy Barker discovers gold in creeks running into the Quesnel River; town of Barkerville, BC, grows up around mine; the find sparks a massive gold rush into the Cariboo.
Aug 29 Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels
Aug 28 Battle of 2nd Bull Run
Aug 29 US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation
Aug 30 Confederate troops defeat Union forces at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA.
Aug 22 The birth of Claude Debussy, French composer of 'Clair de lune'
Aug 30 Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY
Aug 29 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins
Sep 05 Lee crosses the Potomac &enters Maryland
Sep 22 Abrahan Lincoln, the US President, orders American slaves to be freed
Sep 04 North Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF
Sep 17 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War
Sep 24 Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal
Sep 19 Battle of Luka, Miss
Sep 01 Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia
Sep 16 Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY
Sep 15 Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry
Sep 09 Lee splits his army &sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry
Sep 06 Stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland
