August

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• 8/5/1864 - Battle of Mobile Bay

• 8/9/1862 - Battle of Cedar Mountain

• 8/10/1861 - Battle of Wilson's Creek

• 8/17/1862 - Uprising of Sioux Indians

• 8/21/1821 - Gen. William Barksdale, CS, born

• August 21st through October 15th, 1858 - The Lincoln - Douglas debates

• 8/28/1861 - Fort Hatteras falls

• 8/29/1862 - 2nd Battle of Bull Run

• 8/30/1862 - 2nd Battle of Bull Run